Right to sexuality: Difference between revisions

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Two refs for Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948
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67 countries maintain laws that make same-sex consensual sex between adults a criminal offence, and seven countries (or parts thereof) impose the death penalty for same-sex consensual sex. They are Iran, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Mauritania, the twelve northern states of Nigeria, and the southern parts of Somalia.
 
The right to sexuality has only relatively recently become the subject of international concern, with the regulation of sexuality traditionally falling within the jurisdiction of the [[nation state]].<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/2021030109403520090908025928/http://www.ichrp.org/files/reports/47/137_web.pdf International Council on Human Rights]}} ''Sexuality and Human Rights'' (2009) at 21.</ref> Today numerous international [[non-governmental organisations]] and [[intergovernmental organisations]] are engaged in the protection of the rights of people of diverse sexual orientation as it is increasingly recognised that discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation is widespread and an unacceptable violation of human rights.
 
==Acts of violence==