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Sexual Minority Rights in Africa |
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Distance education |
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Various |
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professional |
| Start date |
19/02/2024 |
| End date |
23/02/2024 |
| Objectives |
The Advanced Human Rights Course on Sexual Minority Rights in Africa is a short course that introduces participants to basic SOGIESC (sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and sex characteristics) concepts and a thematic and geographical exposition of challenges faced by LGBTIQ+ persons in Africa.
This course is designed for people who wish to obtain basic/introductory information, an understanding of the terminology, and a general appreciation of the problems faced by LGBTIQ+ persons in realising basic human rights in many African societies. Participants get to understand ways they can contribute to advancing the rights of LGBTIQ+ persons, especially at the national level. Participants typically include academics, police officers and magistrates (who often lack basic knowledge and are often accused of abusing LGBTIQ+ persons); and NGOs that do not work on sexual minority rights issues or that have only recently begun to do so and need capacity building. They may also include National Human Rights Institutions that can play an important role in countries where national governments are unsympathetic to LGBTIQ+ issues. |
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minorities |
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Academics
Government officials |
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The programme may contain elements of the following themes:
Conceptual clarification of the terms ‘gay’, ‘lesbian’, ‘bisexual’, ‘transgender’ and ‘intersex’ (the origin of these and other related terms and their influence);
Bio-medical data on homosexuality, and its interpretation;
HIV and the emergence of ‘men-who-have-sex-with-men’ (MSM), MSM and the LGBTIQ+ movement, the risk of HIV infection to lesbians, bisexuals, transgendered and intersex persons;
African tradition/culture and homosexuality (the ‘unAfrican’ debate, anthropological perspectives on homosexuality in traditional Africa);
The approach to homosexuality of the major religious traditions (Christianity, Islam);
Public opinion on sexual minority rights: media, popular culture and literature in Africa and sexual minority rights;
A typology of human rights violations of sexual minorities in African states (attempts to address them; reasons for violations);
Criminal law and LGBTIQ+ persons (sodomy laws, and the application of criminal law);
Sexual minority rights under international law (ICCPR; Toonen case; Yogyakarta Principles; are LGBTIQ+ persons ‘minorities’ under international law);
Domestic legal provisions affecting LGBTIQ+ persons in African states (eg criminalisation of same-sex relations);
Strategies and best practices of litigation to vindicate the rights of sexual minorities (the role of civil society organs, media etc);
Current case law development in African states;
EU / Council of Europe and LGBTIQ+ Rights;
Other international (UN) law and sexual minorities |
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English |
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Pretoria |
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| Application procedure |
mportant Notice:
A high proficiency in English is required to attend this course. All lectures and materials are in English. Prior to applying for this course, please read through the information on the practical Information and the payment details pages.
Documents to be submitted:
Curriculum Vitae (short CV in PDF or Word document, maximum 3 pages, maximum 10 MB in file size)
One Letter of Recommendation (PDF or Word document, maximum 10 MB in file size)
Academic Records (students only) (combined in one PDF or Word document, maximum 10 MB in file size) |
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| Homepage |
www.chr.up.ac.za/courses/ahrc/ahrc-sexual-minority-rights-africa |
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