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Toonen v. Australia

United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.  31 March 1994 .

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

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Abstract

Human rights — Privacy — Discrimination — Sexual orientation — Homosexuality — Discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation — Hostility towards homosexuality in Tasmania — Sections 122(a) and (c) and 123 of Tasmanian Criminal Code — Criminalization of homosexuality — Relevance of non-enforcement of provisions — Whether provisions of Code violating Articles 2(1), 17 and 26 of International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966 — Whether author victim of arbitrary interference with his private life — Attacks on person and reputation — Reasonableness test — Relevance of public health and moral grounds — Equality before the law

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© Cambridge University Press 1999

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