Name, shame and blame: criminalising consensual sex in Papau New Guinea

Papua New Guinea is one of the many former British Commonwealth colonies which maintain the criminalisation of the sexual activities of two groups, despite the fact that the sex takes place between consenting adults in private: sellers of sex and males who have sex with males. The English common law...

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1. Verfasser: Stewart, Christine (Legal officer) (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch Tagungsbericht E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Canberra, ACT ANU Press [2014]
Schriftenreihe:Knowlegde Unlatched
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Zusammenfassung:Papua New Guinea is one of the many former British Commonwealth colonies which maintain the criminalisation of the sexual activities of two groups, despite the fact that the sex takes place between consenting adults in private: sellers of sex and males who have sex with males. The English common law system was imposed on the colonies with little regard for the social regulation and belief systems of the colonised, and in most instances, was retained and developed post-Independence, regardless of the infringements of human rights involved
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xxv, 368 Seiten) illustrations (some colour), maps (some colour)
ISBN:192502122X
9781925021226

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