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'''Human Dignity Trust''' is a UK-based organization that focuses on [[strategic litigation]] challenging the [[criminalization of homosexuality]] around the world.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lennox |first1=C. |last2=Waites |first2=M. |title=Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in the Commonwealth |date=2013 |publisher=Human Rights Consortium, Institute of Commonwealth Studies |isbn=978-0-9573548-8-3 |pages=1–59 |language=en |chapter=Human rights, sexual orientation and gender identity in the commonwealth: from history and law to developing activism and transnational dialogues}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Arimoro |first1=Augustine Edobor |title=When Love is a Crime: Is the Criminalisation of Same Sex Relations in Nigeria a Protection of Nigerian Culture? |journal=Liverpool Law Review |date=2018 |volume=39 |issue=3 |pages=221–238 |doi=10.1007/s10991-018-9217-y}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Lee |first1=Rebecca |title=Charity without Politics? Exploring the Limits of ‘Politics’ in Charity Law |journal=Journal of Civil Society |date=2015 |volume=11 |issue=3 |pages=271–282 |doi=10.1080/17448689.2015.1061260}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Rao |first1=Rahul |title=Queering International Law |date=2017 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-315-26678-7 |chapter=A tale of two atonements}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Tisdale |first1=Lauren |title=A Triumphant Victory for Gay Rights in Belize Lays the Foundation for a Domino Effect throughout the Caribbean |journal=Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Review |date=2018 |volume=41 |pages=99 |url=https://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/loyint41&div=8&id=&page=}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Waites |first1=Matthew |title=Oxford Research Encyclopedias: Politics |date=2019 |publisher=Oxford University Press |chapter-url=https://oxfordre.com/politics/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.001.0001/acrefore-9780190228637-e-1257 |language=en |chapter=LGBT and Queer Politics in the Commonwealth}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Rahman |first1=Momin |title=Homosexualities, Muslim Cultures and Modernity |date=2014 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK |isbn=978-1-137-00296-9 |pages=118–136 |url=https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057/9781137002969_7 |language=en |chapter=The Politics of Identity and the Ends of Liberation}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Robinson |first1=Colin |title=Decolonising sexual citizenship: who will effect change in the south of the Commonwealth? |journal=Commonwealth Opinion |date=2012 |pages=1–8 |url=https://sas-space.sas.ac.uk/4836/ |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Evans |first1=Christine M. |title=Challenging Unnatural Crimes: The Connection between LGBTI Rights and Gender-Specific Sexual Violence Laws in Belize |journal=Northwestern University Journal of International Human Rights |date=2012-2013 |volume=11 |pages=[i] |url=https://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/jihr11&div=11&id=&page=}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Waites |first1=Matthew |title=Decolonizing the boomerang effect in global queer politics: A new critical framework for sociological analysis of human rights contestation |journal=International Sociology |date=2019 |volume=34 |issue=4 |pages=382–401 |doi=10.1177/0268580919851425}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Novak |first1=Andrew |title=Using International and Foreign Law in Human Rights Litigation: The Decriminalization of Homosexuality in Belize |journal=Journal of Human Rights Practice |date=2018 |volume=10 |issue=2 |pages=346–354 |doi=10.1093/jhuman/huy014}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Novak |first1=Andrew |title=Transnational Human Rights Litigation: Challenging the Death Penalty and Criminalization of Homosexuality in the Commonwealth |date=2020 |publisher=Springer International Publishing |isbn=978-3-030-28546-3 |pages=11–35 |language=en |chapter=Applying the Lens of Transnational Advocacy Networks to Human Rights Litigation}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Novak |first1=Andrew |title=Transnational litigation against the mandatory death penalty and anti-sodomy laws: a new Commonwealth human rights strategy? |journal=Commonwealth & Comparative Politics |date=2021 |volume=59 |issue=2 |pages=149–168 |doi=10.1080/14662043.2020.1852678}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Broder |first1=Peter |title=U.K. Case Potentially Positive Step in Recognizing Human Rights Work as Charitable |journal=LawNow |date=2014-2015 |volume=39 |pages=43 |url=https://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/lanow39&div=15&id=&page=}}</ref> It was founded in 2011 by [[Jonathan Cooper (lawyer)|Jonathan Cooper]] and [[Tim Otty]] [[Queen's Counsel|QC]]. Cooper led the organization until 2016,<ref name=Guardian>{{cite news |title=Jonathan Cooper obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/01/jonathan-cooper-obituary |access-date=31 January 2022 |work=the Guardian |date=1 October 2021 |language=en|first=Owen |last=Bowcott}}</ref> and as of 2022 it is led by Téa Braun.<ref>{{cite web |title=Téa Braun – Chief Executive {{!}} Human Dignity Trust |url=https://www.humandignitytrust.org/tea-braun/ |website=www.humandignitytrust.org. |access-date=31 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
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'''Human Dignity Trust''' is a UK-based registered charity that focuses on [[strategic litigation]] challenging the [[criminalization of homosexuality]] around the world.{{refn|<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lennox |first1=C. |last2=Waites |first2=M. |title=Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in the Commonwealth |date=2013 |publisher=Human Rights Consortium, Institute of Commonwealth Studies |isbn=978-0-9573548-8-3 |pages=1–59 |language=en |chapter=Human rights, sexual orientation and gender identity in the commonwealth: from history and law to developing activism and transnational dialogues}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Arimoro |first1=Augustine Edobor |title=When Love is a Crime: Is the Criminalisation of Same Sex Relations in Nigeria a Protection of Nigerian Culture? |journal=Liverpool Law Review |year=2018 |volume=39 |issue=3 |pages=221–238 |doi=10.1007/s10991-018-9217-y|s2cid=149576519 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Lee |first1=Rebecca |title=Charity without Politics? Exploring the Limits of 'Politics' in Charity Law |journal=Journal of Civil Society |year=2015 |volume=11 |issue=3 |pages=271–282 |doi=10.1080/17448689.2015.1061260|s2cid=141818912 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Rao |first1=Rahul |title=Queering International Law |date=2017 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-315-26678-7 |chapter=A tale of two atonements}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Tisdale |first1=Lauren |title=A Triumphant Victory for Gay Rights in Belize Lays the Foundation for a Domino Effect throughout the Caribbean |journal=Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Review |year=2018 |volume=41 |pages=99 |url=https://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/loyint41&div=8&id=&page=}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Waites |first1=Matthew |title=Oxford Research Encyclopedias: Politics |date=2019 |publisher=Oxford University Press |chapter-url=https://oxfordre.com/politics/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.001.0001/acrefore-9780190228637-e-1257 |language=en |chapter=LGBT and Queer Politics in the Commonwealth|doi=10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.1257 |isbn=978-0-19-022863-7 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Rahman |first1=Momin |title=Homosexualities, Muslim Cultures and Modernity |date=2014 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK |isbn=978-1-137-00296-9 |pages=118–136 |url=https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057/9781137002969_7 |language=en |chapter=The Politics of Identity and the Ends of Liberation|doi=10.1057/9781137002969_7 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Robinson |first1=Colin |title=Decolonising sexual citizenship: who will effect change in the south of the Commonwealth? |journal=Commonwealth Opinion |year=2012 |pages=1–8 |url=https://sas-space.sas.ac.uk/4836/ |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Evans |first1=Christine M. |title=Challenging Unnatural Crimes: The Connection between LGBTI Rights and Gender-Specific Sexual Violence Laws in Belize |journal=Northwestern University Journal of International Human Rights |date=2012–2013 |volume=11 |pages=[i] |url=https://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/jihr11&div=11&id=&page=}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Waites |first1=Matthew |title=Decolonizing the boomerang effect in global queer politics: A new critical framework for sociological analysis of human rights contestation |journal=International Sociology |year=2019 |volume=34 |issue=4 |pages=382–401 |doi=10.1177/0268580919851425|s2cid=198731134 |url=http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/185446/1/185446.pdf }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Novak |first1=Andrew |title=Using International and Foreign Law in Human Rights Litigation: The Decriminalization of Homosexuality in Belize |journal=Journal of Human Rights Practice |year=2018 |volume=10 |issue=2 |pages=346–354 |doi=10.1093/jhuman/huy014}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Novak |first1=Andrew |title=Transnational Human Rights Litigation: Challenging the Death Penalty and Criminalization of Homosexuality in the Commonwealth |date=2020 |publisher=Springer International Publishing |isbn=978-3-030-28546-3 |pages=11–35 |language=en |chapter=Applying the Lens of Transnational Advocacy Networks to Human Rights Litigation}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Novak |first1=Andrew |title=Transnational litigation against the mandatory death penalty and anti-sodomy laws: a new Commonwealth human rights strategy? |journal=Commonwealth & Comparative Politics |year=2021 |volume=59 |issue=2 |pages=149–168 |doi=10.1080/14662043.2020.1852678|s2cid=233327915 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Broder |first1=Peter |title=U.K. Case Potentially Positive Step in Recognizing Human Rights Work as Charitable |journal=LawNow |date=2014–2015 |volume=39 |pages=43 |url=https://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/lanow39&div=15&id=&page=}}</ref>}} It was founded in 2011 by [[Jonathan Cooper (lawyer)|Jonathan Cooper]] and [[Tim Otty]] [[Queen's Counsel|QC]]. Cooper led the organization until 2016,<ref name=Guardian>{{cite news |title=Jonathan Cooper obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/01/jonathan-cooper-obituary |access-date=31 January 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=1 October 2021 |language=en|first=Owen |last=Bowcott}}</ref> and as of 2022 it is led by Téa Braun.<ref>{{cite web |title=Téa Braun – Chief Executive {{!}} Human Dignity Trust |url=https://www.humandignitytrust.org/tea-braun/ |website=www.humandignitytrust.org. |access-date=31 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref>

== Organization ==
Human Dignity Trust's team consists of lawyers, activists, researchers, and communications specialists who work with LGBT organizations, activists, and local attorneys worldwide to defend LGBT rights.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our Team |url=https://www.humandignitytrust.org/who-we-are/our-team/ |access-date=2024-11-10 |website=Human Dignity Trust |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
[[Category:LGBT rights organizations]]

* [https://www.humandignitytrust.org/ Official website]

[[Category:LGBTQ political advocacy groups in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Human rights organisations based in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Human rights organisations based in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:2011 establishments in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:2011 establishments in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Charities based in England and Wales]]
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Latest revision as of 15:06, 10 November 2024

Human Dignity Trust is a UK-based registered charity that focuses on strategic litigation challenging the criminalization of homosexuality around the world.[15] It was founded in 2011 by Jonathan Cooper and Tim Otty QC. Cooper led the organization until 2016,[16] and as of 2022 it is led by Téa Braun.[17]

Organization

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Human Dignity Trust's team consists of lawyers, activists, researchers, and communications specialists who work with LGBT organizations, activists, and local attorneys worldwide to defend LGBT rights.[18]

References

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  1. ^ Lennox, C.; Waites, M. (2013). "Human rights, sexual orientation and gender identity in the commonwealth: from history and law to developing activism and transnational dialogues". Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in the Commonwealth. Human Rights Consortium, Institute of Commonwealth Studies. pp. 1–59. ISBN 978-0-9573548-8-3.
  2. ^ Arimoro, Augustine Edobor (2018). "When Love is a Crime: Is the Criminalisation of Same Sex Relations in Nigeria a Protection of Nigerian Culture?". Liverpool Law Review. 39 (3): 221–238. doi:10.1007/s10991-018-9217-y. S2CID 149576519.
  3. ^ Lee, Rebecca (2015). "Charity without Politics? Exploring the Limits of 'Politics' in Charity Law". Journal of Civil Society. 11 (3): 271–282. doi:10.1080/17448689.2015.1061260. S2CID 141818912.
  4. ^ Rao, Rahul (2017). "A tale of two atonements". Queering International Law. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-315-26678-7.
  5. ^ Tisdale, Lauren (2018). "A Triumphant Victory for Gay Rights in Belize Lays the Foundation for a Domino Effect throughout the Caribbean". Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Review. 41: 99.
  6. ^ Waites, Matthew (2019). "LGBT and Queer Politics in the Commonwealth". Oxford Research Encyclopedias: Politics. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.1257. ISBN 978-0-19-022863-7.
  7. ^ Rahman, Momin (2014). "The Politics of Identity and the Ends of Liberation". Homosexualities, Muslim Cultures and Modernity. Palgrave Macmillan UK. pp. 118–136. doi:10.1057/9781137002969_7. ISBN 978-1-137-00296-9.
  8. ^ Robinson, Colin (2012). "Decolonising sexual citizenship: who will effect change in the south of the Commonwealth?". Commonwealth Opinion: 1–8.
  9. ^ Evans, Christine M. (2012–2013). "Challenging Unnatural Crimes: The Connection between LGBTI Rights and Gender-Specific Sexual Violence Laws in Belize". Northwestern University Journal of International Human Rights. 11: [i].
  10. ^ Waites, Matthew (2019). "Decolonizing the boomerang effect in global queer politics: A new critical framework for sociological analysis of human rights contestation" (PDF). International Sociology. 34 (4): 382–401. doi:10.1177/0268580919851425. S2CID 198731134.
  11. ^ Novak, Andrew (2018). "Using International and Foreign Law in Human Rights Litigation: The Decriminalization of Homosexuality in Belize". Journal of Human Rights Practice. 10 (2): 346–354. doi:10.1093/jhuman/huy014.
  12. ^ Novak, Andrew (2020). "Applying the Lens of Transnational Advocacy Networks to Human Rights Litigation". Transnational Human Rights Litigation: Challenging the Death Penalty and Criminalization of Homosexuality in the Commonwealth. Springer International Publishing. pp. 11–35. ISBN 978-3-030-28546-3.
  13. ^ Novak, Andrew (2021). "Transnational litigation against the mandatory death penalty and anti-sodomy laws: a new Commonwealth human rights strategy?". Commonwealth & Comparative Politics. 59 (2): 149–168. doi:10.1080/14662043.2020.1852678. S2CID 233327915.
  14. ^ Broder, Peter (2014–2015). "U.K. Case Potentially Positive Step in Recognizing Human Rights Work as Charitable". LawNow. 39: 43.
  15. ^ [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]
  16. ^ Bowcott, Owen (1 October 2021). "Jonathan Cooper obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  17. ^ "Téa Braun – Chief Executive | Human Dignity Trust". www.humandignitytrust.org. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  18. ^ "Our Team". Human Dignity Trust. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
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