Orozco v. Attorney General of Belize

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:law
gptkbp:citation Claim No. 668 of 2010
gptkbp:country gptkb:Belize
gptkbp:date 2016-08-10
gptkbp:decision judgment
gptkbp:defendant gptkb:Attorney_General_of_Belize
gptkbp:effect decriminalized consensual same-sex intercourse in Belize
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Orozco v. Attorney General of Belize
gptkbp:judge gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_Belize
gptkb:Chief_Justice_Kenneth_Benjamin
gptkbp:legalIssue constitutionality of Section 53 of the Belize Criminal Code
gptkbp:plaintiff gptkb:Caleb_Orozco
gptkbp:relatedLegislation gptkb:Section_53_of_the_Belize_Criminal_Code
gptkbp:result Section 53 declared unconstitutional as applied to consensual same-sex activity
gptkbp:significance landmark LGBT rights case in the Caribbean
gptkbp:subject decriminalization of same-sex sexual activity
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Attorney_General_v._Registrar_General_of_Belize
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6