WITHDRAWN—Administrative Duplicate Publication: The compatibility of sexual orientation change efforts with international human rights law
| Author | Ignatius Yordan Nugraha |
| Date | 01 March 2020 |
| DOI | 10.1177/0924015917724654 |
| Published date | 01 March 2020 |
| Subject Matter | Withdrawn articles |
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of sexual orientation change
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Nugraha, I.Y. (2017) The compatibility of sexual orientation change efforts with international
human rights law. Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights. Epub ahead of print 3 August 2017.
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Nugraha, I.Y. (2017) The compatibility of sexual orientation change efforts with international
human rights law. Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights 35(3): 176–192. DOI: 10.1177/
0924051917724654
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Publication: The compatibility of
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with international human rights law
Ignatius Yordan Nugraha
Leiden University, EZ Leiden, Netherlands
Abstract
Sexual orientation change efforts (SOCE) have been promoted aggressively under the belief that
homosexuality is a curable disease. However, scientific research has shown that such practice can
cause detrimental effects such as self-loathing, depression and even suicidal urges. It has also
revealed that homosexuality is a mere variation of human sexuality and dispelled the myth that it is
a ‘contagious disease’. This raises some concerns that the practice of SOCE could amount to
human rights violations, and thus this article shall tackle the issue of whether such practice is
compatible with international human rights law. Given that children have been identified as a group
that is particularly vulnerable to SOCE, this article shall commence by scrutinising whether there is
an obligation to ban SOCE for minors under the jurisprudence of the Convention on the Rights of
the Child. This article shall then proceed to the question of whether a similar obligation is also
applicable to SOCE for adults through the application of the right not to be subjected to torture or
cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.
Keywords
Sexual orientation change efforts, conversion therapy, reparative therapy, human rights, children’s
rights, best interests of the child, torture
1. Introduction
Various therapies have been advertised by several groups who claim that they can ‘cure’ homo-
sexuality. Such therapy is usually founded on religious principles or is purportedly scientific.
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an illustration, the Indonesian Clinical Hypnotherapy Association argued that homosexuality could
Corresponding author:
Ignatius Yordan Nugraha, LLM graduate, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands; University of Groningen, Groningen,
Netherlands.
E-mail: yordan_313@hotmail.com
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