The Dominican Republic’s Constitutional Court will hear a challenge on August 30, 2024, to laws that criminalize consensual same-sex conduct by officers in the police and armed forces, Human Rights Watch said today. In an amicus curiae brief, Human Rights Watch said that these discriminatory laws violate the rights under international law of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) officers to equality, privacy, and the ability to work without fear, among others. Article 210 of the Code of Justice of the National Police and article 260 of the Code of Justice of the Armed Forcespunish same-sex “sodomy” by officers with up to two years and one year in prison, respectively. No such criminal penalties exist for heterosexual sexual acts.