The Right to Privacy under the Constitution of Kenya and the Criminalisation of Consensual Sex between Same-Sex Adults

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dc.contributor.authorKoske, Nicole Treyson
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-29T08:32:22Z
dc.date.available2023-03-29T08:32:22Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.descriptionArticleen_US
dc.description.abstractThis article argues that the provisions of the Kenyan Penal Code (sections 162 and 165) criminalising consensual sex between partners of the same sex limit the right to privacy enshrined in article 31 of the Constitution of Kenya of 2010. This limitation is not justifiable according to the Bill of Rights limitation clause in article 24 of the Constitution. Article 45(2) of the Constitution, which provides for a right to ‘marry a person of the opposite sex’, also does not justify this limitation. Embracing the idea of an open and democratic society, the Constitution precludes the state from imposing upon the individual moral choices, provided that those choices do not harm others. Therefore, the decision whether or not consensual sex is moral must be left to the individual concerned. By refusing to declare sections 162 and 165 unconstitutional in 2019, the High Court of Kenya misinterpreted the Constitution and consequently failed in its mandate to uphold the right to privacy of homosexual persons in Kenya.en_US
dc.identifier.citationKoske, N. T., & Milej, T. (2021). The right to privacy under the Constitution of Kenya and the criminalisation of consensual sex between same-sex adults. African Human Rights Law Journal, 21(1), 417-440.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1996-2096
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/25041
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAFRICAN HUMAN RIGHTS LAW JOURNALen_US
dc.subjectright to privacyen_US
dc.subjectConstitution of Kenyaen_US
dc.subjectrights of LGBT+ personsen_US
dc.subjectopen and democratic societyen_US
dc.subjectcriminalisation of same-sex relationshipsen_US
dc.subjectright to marryen_US
dc.titleThe Right to Privacy under the Constitution of Kenya and the Criminalisation of Consensual Sex between Same-Sex Adultsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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