Skanland Celeste A
McGill University.
HIV AIDS Policy Law Rev. 2009 Dec;14(2):49-51.
In what is considered by many to be a landmark decision on equality and non-discrimination in India, the Delhi High Court declared in July 2009 that Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, which criminalizes people who engage in "unnatural offences", violates the rights to equality, freedom from discrimination, and life and personal liberty, pursuant to the India Constitution (Constitution). The court also agreed with the petitioner in the case that the law severely impairs HIV/AIDS prevention efforts by discouraging men who have sex with men (MSM) from participating for fear of stigma, discrimination and police abuse under the guise of enforcing the Section.
在许多人视为印度平等与非歧视方面具有里程碑意义的裁决中，德里高等法院于2009年7月宣布，将从事“非自然犯罪”的人定罪的《印度刑法典》第377条，违反了印度《宪法》规定的平等权、免受歧视权以及生命权和人身自由权。法院还认同该案请愿人的观点，即该法律严重损害了艾滋病毒/艾滋病预防工作，因为它使男男性行为者因害怕在执行该条款时受到污名化、歧视和警方滥用权力的行为而不敢参与。
