Petition Help eliminate discrimination against LGBT within the Commonwealth of Nations

Homosexual activity remains a criminal offence in 35 CoN member states. The British government have a moral duty to persuade, to encourage and to assist the authorities of CoN states to voluntarily and actively decriminalise homosexual activity and to introduce new laws to protect human rights.

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Anti-gay legislation, introduced by British colonists, and discrimination prevents sexual health education, which contributes to an escalating HIV crisis and consequently more, broader human suffering. As a result, the Commonwealth accounts for 60% of all HIV carriers, many of whom lack necessary medical treatment or sexual health education, despite the fact that only 30% of the world population reside in the Commonwealth.

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Date closed 6 November 2019
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