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The Coali­tion Ad­vo­cat­ing for In­clu­sion of Sex­u­al Ori­en­ta­tion (CAISO) that rep­re­sents the LGBTQI-plus com­mu­ni­ty is call­ing on par­lia­men­tar­i­ans to heed the ad­vice of the Court of Ap­peal jus­tices and move this coun­try away from colo­nial-era laws.

On Tues­day, two mem­bers of a three-judge pan­el over­turned a 2018 High Court rul­ing that found Sec­tions 13 and 16 of the Sex­u­al Of­fences Act un­con­sti­tu­tion­al. Dur­ing the rul­ing, the judges said they just de­ter­mine the laws, they don’t make it.

In a me­dia re­lease is­sued on Thurs­day, CAISO said the judge­ment is an­oth­er sub­stan­tive set­back in their pur­suit of jus­tice for the LGBTQI-plus cit­i­zens who de­serve rights, in­clu­sion, and pro­tec­tion.