title: Indian NGO challenges penal code prohibition of "unnatural offences".
abstract: On 7 December 2001, the Naz Foundation (India) Trust (NFIT), a non-governmental organization based in New Delhi, filed a petition in the Delhi High Court to repeal the "unnatural offences" section of the Indian Penal Code that criminalizes men who have sex with men.
authors.forename: Joanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Csete
mesh_terms: D003415:Crime / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D015658:HIV Infections; D018451:Homosexuality, Male; D006806:Human Rights; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D009938:Organizations