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The Straits Times. (2026, November 10). UK court overturns Trinidad and Tobago law criminalising homosexual sex. The Straits Times. https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/uk-court-overturns-trinidad-and-tobago-law-criminalising-homosexual-sex
The Straits Times. “UK court overturns Trinidad and Tobago law criminalising homosexual sex.” The Straits Times, 10 Nov. 2026, https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/uk-court-overturns-trinidad-and-tobago-law-criminalising-homosexual-sex.
The Straits Times. “UK court overturns Trinidad and Tobago law criminalising homosexual sex.” The Straits Times, November 10, 2026. https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/uk-court-overturns-trinidad-and-tobago-law-criminalising-homosexual-sex.
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Jason Jones, a gay man from Trinidad and Tobago, won his 10-year legal battle when the UK's Privy Council overturned laws criminalizing same-sex intimacy in London on November 10, 2026. The court ruled that Trinidad and Tobago’s Sexual Offences Act was unconstitutional because it violated individuals' rights to respect for private life. Jones first challenged these colonial-era "buggery" laws in Trinidad's High Court in 2018 but faced setbacks when the ruling was overturned on appeal by the Trinidadian government in 2025. The Privy Council’s unanimous decision affirms that criminalizing consensual same-sex relations cannot be justified and sets a precedent for other Commonwealth countries still upholding similar laws from British colonial times.
Jason Jones, who was born in Trinidad and Tobago, challenged the Caribbean nation's Sexual Offences Act as breaching his fundamental rights under the country's constitution.