Europe questions UK about gay rights in Gibraltar

The British government has told the Council of Europe that it takes "very seriously" Gibraltar's compliance with the European Convention on Human Rights.

The self-governing British overseas territory, which shares a land border with Spain, still has a higher age of consent for gay sex, which breaches the convention's discrimination articles.

Gibraltar also retains criminal offences such as buggery and gross indecency, which exclusively criminalise gay men.

  Europe questions UK about gay rights in Gibraltar
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