Let the Courts Decide

Eswatini: High Court Postpones Judgement

The LGBTI community will have to wait a little longer to know if they would be tolerated in the country. This follows the deferment of judgment in the matter, where a high court full bench comprising justices Mumsy Dlamini and Cyril Maphanga is expected to determine whether discrimination based upon gender identity and sexual orientation is covered by the country's laws.

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Hong Kong: Lead on recognising same-sex unions must start with government not courts, lawyers and activists say

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Burden should not be left on people to mount legal challenges on the grounds of discrimination, human rights lawyers and activists say. Raymond Chan, city’s only openly gay legislator, calls for public consultation on allowing same-sex unions in Hong Kong

US: Supreme Court nominee, spoke at program founded to inspire a ‘distinctly Christian worldview in every area of law’

Amy Coney Barrett, President Trump’s nominee to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court, publicly grappled decades ago with the tension Catholic judges can face between their religious values and the law. She has since said that she would never bend the law to meet her Catholic faith.

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US: Trump Presses for New Justice ‘Without Delay’ as Election-Season Battle Looms

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The president is likely to nominate a successor this coming week to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died on Friday, but Senate Republicans are weighing whether they have the votes to confirm his choice before the Nov. 3 election.