Equality before the law and equal protection of the law

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Dausab v Minister of Justice (HC-MD-CIV-MOT-GEN- 2022/00279) [2024] NAHC 331 (21 June 2024) Constitutional law — Fundamental rights — Equality before the law — Article 10 of the Constitution — Article 8 of the Constitution — Right to dignity — Same-sex relationships — Homosexuality — Criminal law — Common Law Sexual Offences — Sodomy — Unnatural sexual offences — Various forms of sexual conduct committed by a male person with another male person are not regarded as criminal, if committed by a male person with a female person — Differentiation which the impugned laws accord to homosexual men amounts to unfair discrimination and thus unconstitutional	Judgment	21 June 2024
Case Summary: LM and Others v Government of the Republic of Namibia (1603 of 2008) [2012] NAHC 211 (30 July 2012)	Case summary	30 July 2012
LM and Others v Government of Republic of Namibia (1603 of 2008) [2012] NAHC 211 (30 July 2012) Human rights and fundamental freedoms – unlawful Sterilisation – doctrine of informed consent - the required consent must be given freely and voluntarily and should not have been induced by fear, fraud or force - such consent must also be clear and unequivocal – the lack of informed consent amounts to an assault	Judgment	30 July 2012