New guidebook seeks to sensitize Kenyan judges on LGBTQ rights
An LGBTQ rights organization and a coalition of jurists in Kenya have unveiled a judicial guidebook to help judges better protect queer people’s rights.
The Initiative for Equality and Non-Discrimination and the Kenya Judges and Magistrates Association consider the use of the book in Kenyan courts as a milestone in realizing LGBTQ rights.
The book, titled “A Legal Resource Guide on Implementing LGBTIQ+ Human Rights in Kenya”, cites endless discrimination and legal challenge against queer persons because of their sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.
It details dozens of court cases and rulings in favor of LGBTQ petitioners from across Africa and abroad for Kenyan judges to adopt in their rulings for queer people to enjoy the same rights as their heterosexual counterparts when seeking justice. “By providing details on past cases and the jurisprudence employed in them, the bench book displays how cases involving these minorities are handled, argued and settled.
