was
established in 1994,
of 2014
if granted leave to join Reference
No.6
as amicus curiae, it would offer this Court the benefit of
being fully appraised of the international perspectives relating to
the issues under
consideration
in the said Reference.
. Specifically, the Applicant stated that it has an extensive history
of
conducting
research,
collecting
data
and
drafting
policy
papers and publications on issues relating to HIV, public health,
human
rights and
Reference
same-sex
concerns
sexual
relations.
a subject at the core of its mandate,
the impact on public health and human
of the
rights
work
of organizations
of persons
Further,
who
engage
and
that the
namely
rights of criminalisation
individuals
in same-sex
working
sexual
on
the
relations
and
various other conducts relating to it.
. The Applicant,
amicus
curiae
in addition, submitted that
it has participated as
in judicial
Malawi,
proceedings
States of America and the European
in
Court of Human
the
United
Rights and
in the spirit of the United Nations it has remained impartial in all
those proceedings.
. Lastly,
would
it submitted
that it will accept the Reference
only file written
Submisstions
as it is and
and not even participate
at
the oral hearing of the Reference.
. CASE
FOR THE
PROMOTION
. The
Human
HUMAN
FORUM
Rights
RIGHTS
AWARENESS
AND
(HRAPF)/ 1°" RESPONDENT
Awareness
took the view that the Motion
and
Promotion
is merited
and
Forum
(HRAPF)
does not object to
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