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The case was also relied upon in Toonen v Australia ( see below), brought before the UN Human Rights Committee, which resulted in the repeal of Australia’s last sodomy laws.
The upper house, known as the National Council, unanimously adopted the Penal Code (Amendment) Bill. Read Human Dignity Trust’s Case Study on Nauru for more information on the process of decriminalisation.In addition a transgender woman from the UK successfully challenged the government’s refusal to allow her to draw a state pension at same age as other women. Had the case gone ahead, this could have been the fourth case brought to the European Court of Human Rights to challenge the criminalisation of same sex activity on the basis of a violation of the right to privacy under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
The study was based on the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) and included about 15,000 middle and high school students who were followed for seven years into early adulthood.This followed years of campaigning and litigation, including a High Court win in 2009, which was later overturned at the Supreme Court in 2013. There, Susanna offers Amber a tempting glimpse of a luxurious lifestyle that lies just within her reach. Although we did not explore the experiences of transgender youth, anecdotal reports suggest that they are similarly at risk for excessive punishment.