Tomorrow, Sept. 19: Freedom of Expression and LGBTI Eqaulity in Jamaica
Tuesday, September 19, 2017
“Freedom of Expression and LGBTI Equality in Jamaica”
A talk by Maurice Tomlinson, Senior Policy Analyst, Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network
Lunch will be served
Please join us for a talk by Maurice Tomlison, Attorney and Senior Policy Analyst with the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, about his legal advocacy to challenge the repression of the LGBTI community’s freedom of expression in Jamaica. Mr. Tomlinson, the recipient of the David Kato Vision and Voice Award, serves as counsel and sometimes as claimant in cases that challenge anti-gay laws before senior tribunals in the Caribbean, and leads advocacy engaging U.N. agencies on the human rights situation for LGBTI people in the region. He also documents and reports on human rights abuses, and conducts training and capacity-building for the judiciary and police.
This event is sponsored by the Human Rights Program, Queer Trans People of Color@HLS, HLS Lambda, and HLS Advocates for Human Rights.