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Sexuality and Empire 150 Years On: the Delhi High Court and Macaulay's sodomy offence

Department of Law public lecture

Date: Friday 6 November 2009
Time: 6.30-8pm
Venue: Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
Speaker: Michael Kirby

In 2009, the Delhi High Court in India upheld a challenge to the constitutional validity of s377 of the Indian Penal Code that criminalized homosexuality. Michael Kirby will explain why UK lawyers should be engaged in the reform movement as a matter of basic human rights.

Michael Kirby is former justice of the High Court of Australia.

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