KENYA-SOGI-TBs-CESCR
Country: Kenya
Issue: SOGI
Human rights mechanism: Treaty bodies
Treaty body: Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (CESCR)
Concluding Observations on Report 2-5 (2016) (Link)
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons
21. The Committee is concerned that sexual relations between consenting adults of the same sex are criminalized in the Penal Code and that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons are stigmatized and socially excluded, as well as discriminated in gaining access to social services, particularly health-care services (art. 2 (2)).
22. The Committee calls upon the State party to decriminalize sexual relations between consenting adults of the same sex. It also recommends that the State party take the steps necessary to put an end to the social stigmatization of homosexuality and ensure that no one is discriminated in accessing health care and other social services owing to their sexual orientation or gender identity.
Concluding Observations on Report 1 (2008) (Link)
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