decriminalisation in the Republic of Ireland in 1993. It was similarly followed in Modinos v. Cyprus (1993), finding an equivalent law to be a violation. Dudgeon v. United Kingdom was cited by Justice Anthony Kennedy in Lawrence v. Texas (2003), the US Supreme Court decision which found anti-sodomy laws in 14 remaining states to be unconstitutional. See also LGBT rights in Northern Ireland List of LGBT-related cases before international courts and quasi-judicial bodies Privacy law Laskey, Jaggard and Brown v United Kingdom Smith and Grady v United Kingdom Sutherland v United Kingdom 1981 in LGBT rights Notes External links and related literature A people's history of the European Court of Human Rights, Michael D Goldhaber, Rutgers University Press, New Jersey, 2007. Chapter 3 'Gay in a Time of Troubles'. Human Rights Advocacy Stories, Foundation Press, New York, 2009, Chapter 3 'The Stories of Dudgeon and Toonen: Personal Struggles to Legalize Sexual Identities', Mark Bromley and Kristen Walker. J. Dudgeon Speech to the ILGA conference in Turin, 2011 Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights Article 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights Discrimination in the United Kingdom European Court of Human Rights cases decided by the Grand Chamber European Court of Human Rights cases involving the United Kingdom United Kingdom LGBT rights case law 1981 in Northern Ireland 1981 in LGBT history 1981 in case law 1981 in British law LGBT rights in Northern Ireland