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Human rights in Belize have been described as "free" by Freedom House. Concerns include government corruption , high rates of violent crime , police brutality and human trafficking . [ 1 ] The United States Department of State has noted arbitrary killings, arbitrary arrests, inhuman and degrading treatment by security forces, poor treatment of ...
In 2009, Orozco attended an HIV conference in Jamaica where he met two law professors from the University of the West Indies Rights Advocacy Project. [3] The two professors identified Belize as an ideal case for challenging bans on same-sex relationships. [3] In Belize, there was a law that specified a 10-year prison sentence for sodomy. [4]
According to the Constitution, the people of Belize: affirm that the Nation of Belize shall be founded upon principles which acknowledge the supremacy of God, faith in human rights and fundamental freedoms, the position of the family in a society of free men and free institutions, the dignity of the human person and the equal and inalienable rights with which all members of the human family ...
In 1993, the language of the treaty was interpreted by the UN Commission on Human Rights to include sexual preference in the prohibition of discrimination on the basis of sex. According to Chief Justice Benjamin, by signing the treaty, Belize tacitly agreed to this interpretation, and the Constitution of Belize must be interpreted in the same ...
WIN-Belize was established in 1993, when several Belizean organizations formed a steering committee in order to speak in unison on women's issues, and improving the situation of women in Belize. Since that time, WIN-Belize has gone through several stages in its institutional life.
Orozco v Attorney General (2016) 90 WIR 161, also known as Orozco v AG, the Orozco case, or the UNIBAM case, was a landmark case heard by the Supreme Court of Belize, which held that a long-standing buggery statute breached constitutional rights to dignity, equality before the law, freedom of expression, privacy, and non-discrimination on grounds of sex, and which declared the statute null and ...
Dolores Balderamos-García (born 1957) is a Belizean lawyer, politician, activist, broadcaster and author.. As a member of the People's United Party, she served as Belize's Minister of Human Development, Women and Civil Society, where her emphasis was on improving the condition of women and children and bringing about gender equality.
Pages in category "Human rights in Belize" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...