State-Sponsored Homophobia
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Click here for the 2015 edition of ILGA’s State Sponsored Homophobia Report MAY 2014 9TH EDITION STATE-SPONSORED HOMOPHOBIA A world survey of laws: Criminalisation, protection and recognition of same-sex love Lucas Paoli Itaborahy & Jingshu Zhu ILGA - International Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans and Intersex Association www.ilga.org CONTENT FOREWORD BY ILGA CO-SECRETARIES GENERAL GLORIA CAREAGA AND AZUSA YAMASHITA ..........................................................5 FROM THE AUTHORS ................................................................................................7 SOGII ADVOCACY AND THE UN UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW AENGUS CARROLL ................................................................................................ 11 LGB LEGISLATION GLOBAL OVERVIEW ...................................................................16 HOMOSEXUAL ACTS LEGAL .......................................................................................................................18 HOMOSEXUAL ACTS ILLEGAL ....................................................................................................................18 LEGAL STATUS OF HOMOSEXUAL ACTS UNCLEAR OR UNCERTAIN .....................................................18 HOMOSEXUAL ACTS PUNISHABLE WITH DEATH PENALTY ....................................................................18 HOMOSEXUAL ACTS PUNISHABLE WITH DEATH PENALTY - UNCLEAR ...............................................18 “HOMOSEXUAL PROPAGANDA” LAWS (AND PROPOSALS) ....................................................................18 EQUAL AGE OF CONSENT FOR HOMOSEXUAL AND HETEROSEXUAL ACTS ........................................20 UNEQUAL AGE OF CONSENT FOR HOMOSEXUAL AND HETEROSEXUAL ACTS ..................................21 PROHIBITION OF DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION ...............22 CONSTITUTIONAL PROHIBITION OF DISCRIMINATION BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION ..............23 HATE CRIMES BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION CONSIDERED AN AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCE11 .......................................................................................................................................24 INCITEMENT TO HATRED BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION PROHIBITED..........................................25 MARRIAGE OPEN FOR SAME SEX COUPLES ..............................................................................................26 SAME SEX COUPLES OFFERED MOST OR ALL RIGHTS OF MARRIAGE (CIVIL PARTNERSHIP, REGISTERED PARTNERSHIPS, CIVIL UNIONS, ETC) ..................................................................................27 SAME SEX COUPLES OFFERED SOME RIGHTS OF MARRIAGE ................................................................28 JOINT ADOPTION BY SAME-SEX COUPLES ..............................................................................................29 AFRICA .........................................................................................................................30 ALGERIA ..........................................................................................................................................................30 ANGOLA ..........................................................................................................................................................30 BOTSWANA ....................................................................................................................................................31 BURUNDI .......................................................................................................................................................31 CAMEROON ...................................................................................................................................................32 CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC ...................................................................................................................32 COMOROS ......................................................................................................................................................32 EGYPT ..............................................................................................................................................................33 ERITREA ..........................................................................................................................................................34 ETHIOPIA ........................................................................................................................................................35 GAMBIA ..........................................................................................................................................................36 GHANA ...........................................................................................................................................................36 GUINEA ...........................................................................................................................................................36 KENYA .............................................................................................................................................................37 LESOTHO ........................................................................................................................................................37 LIBERIA ...........................................................................................................................................................38 STATE-SPONSORED HOMOPHOBIA – MAY 2014 ILGA - International Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans and Intersex Association 2 www.ilga.org LIBYA ...............................................................................................................................................................38 MALAWI ..........................................................................................................................................................39 MAURITANIA ..................................................................................................................................................39 MAURITIUS .....................................................................................................................................................40 MOROCCO ......................................................................................................................................................40 MOZAMBIQUE ...............................................................................................................................................41 NAMIBIA .........................................................................................................................................................41 NIGERIA ..........................................................................................................................................................42 SENEGAL ........................................................................................................................................................44 SEYCHELLES ...................................................................................................................................................44 SIERRA LEONE ...............................................................................................................................................45 SOMALIA .........................................................................................................................................................45 SOUTH SUDAN ..............................................................................................................................................46 SUDAN ............................................................................................................................................................46 SWAZILAND....................................................................................................................................................47 TANZANIA.......................................................................................................................................................47 TOGO ...............................................................................................................................................................48 TUNISIA ..........................................................................................................................................................48 UGANDA .........................................................................................................................................................48 ZAMBIA ...........................................................................................................................................................51 ZIMBABWE .....................................................................................................................................................52 ASIA .............................................................................................................................53 AFGHANISTAN ...............................................................................................................................................53 BANGLADESH ................................................................................................................................................53 BHUTAN