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Orozco v Attorney General (2016) 90 WIR 161, also known as Orozco v AG, the Orozco case, or the UNIBAM case, was a landmark case heard by the Supreme Court of Belize, which held that a long-standing buggery statute breached constitutional rights to dignity, equality before the law, freedom of expression, privacy, and non-discrimination on grounds of sex, and which declared the statute null and ...
Prostitution in Belize is legal, but the buying of sexual services is not. [1][2] Associated activities such as operating a brothel, loitering for the purposes of prostitution and soliciting sex are also illegal. [3][4][5][6] Prostitution is widespread and takes place on the streets and in brothels, bars, nightclubs and hotels.
Strange laws. Strange laws, also called weird laws, dumb laws, futile laws, unusual laws, unnecessary laws, legal oddities, or legal curiosities, are laws that are perceived to be useless, humorous or obsolete, or are no longer applicable (in regard to current culture or modern law). A number of books and websites purport to list dumb laws.
No. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBTQ) persons in Belize face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT citizens, although attitudes have been changing in recent years. Same-sex sexual activity was decriminalized in Belize in 2016, when the Supreme Court declared Belize's anti- sodomy law unconstitutional.
Alma mater. University of Belize (BA) [1] Occupation. LGBT rights activist. Years active. 2006–present [1] Caleb Orozco (born 1973) [2] is an LGBT activist in Belize. He was the chief litigant in a case successfully challenging the anti-sodomy laws of Belize and the co-founder of the only LGBT advocacy group in the country.
It's illegal in the state to annoy passersby on a sidewalk with a revolving sprinkler. The Kalispell, Montana, law dates back to 1947 and prohibits water from being thrown onto a street or ...
Belizean nationality law is regulated by 1981 Constitution of Belize, as amended; the Belizean Nationality Act, as revised; and various British Nationality laws. [1][2] These laws determine who is, or is eligible to be, a national of Belize. [3] Belizean nationality is typically obtained either by descent or registration. [4]
The US State department claims that "Through the first 10 months of 2014, Belizean authorities eradicated over 100,000 cannabis plants". [5] On October 20, 2017, the House of Representatives passed an amendment to the Misuse of Drugs Act decriminalizing possession or use of 10 grams or less on private premises. [ 6 ]