On 20th December 2013 the Ugandan Parliament enacted a law titled “The Anti-Homosexuality Bill”. Proposed in late 2009 by MP David Bahati, the original draft provided for life imprisonment for the offense of “homosexuality” and for the death penalty for crime of “aggravated homosexuality”, including execution of “repeat offenders” of

On 12th December 2013 the Australian High Court handed down its unanimous decision in The Commonwealth v Australian Capital Territory. The Commonwealth (e.g. the federal State) challenged the validity of the Marriage Equality (Same Sex) Act 2013 enacted by the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), arguing that the Act was inconsistent

On Monday 18 November, the former UK prime minister Tony Blair made an official appearance at the opening ceremony of the Jerusalem Arbitration Center (JAC). After two years of negotiation, the institution was inaugurated on that day in East Jerusalem, following the negotiation between the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)

On 7 November 2013, the European Court of Human Rights (Court hereinafter) handed down its much-awaited decision in Vallianatos and Others v Greece (applications nos. 29381/09 and 32684/09), and delivered the first major win for gay rights in Greece. In an exemplary ruling, the Court held Greece to be in violation of