“I Have to Leave to Be Me”
Discriminatory Laws against LGBT People in the Eastern Caribbean
July 8, 2021
It is disappointing to observe the Saint Kitts and Nevis government’s refusal, once again, to accept the recommendations to decriminalize same-sex relations between consenting adults. Articles 56 and 57 of the Offences Against the Person Act punish so-called “buggery” and “abominable crimes” with up to ten years imprisonment and hard labor. They violate international human rights law and have a detrimental impact on the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people.
December 14, 2007
Discriminatory Laws against LGBT People in the Eastern Caribbean
Item 6 - Universal Periodic Review