Jeff Dudgeon

Jeff Dudgeon

Country

Great Britain

Birth - Death

1936 -

Occupation

Activist

Notable Achievements

MBE

Description

City councilor, Belfast. Participant in the Dudgeon vs. United Kingdom court case at the European Court of Human Rights that decriminalized homosexuality in Northern Ireland. Appointed an MBE in 2012.

Further Reading/Research

• http://jeffdudgeon.com/
• http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/debateni/blogs/jeff-dudgeon-mcguinness-only-had-to-fear-the-sense-of-his-own-shame-29607066.html
• http://www.hrcr.org/safrica/dignity/Dudgeon%20_UK.htm
• http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/sites/eng/pages/search.aspx?i=001-57473#{"itemid":["001-57473"]}

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