MAY !"#$ 5)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 .........................................................." FROM THE AUTHORS ................................................................................................# SOGII ADVOCACY AND THE UN UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW AENGUS CARROLL ................................................................................................ $$ LGB LEGISLATION GLOBAL OVERVIEW ...................................................................$% HOMOSEXUAL ACTS LEGAL .......................................................................................................................$& HOMOSEXUAL ACTS ILLEGAL ....................................................................................................................$& LEGAL STATUS OF HOMOSEXUAL ACTS UNCLEAR OR UNCERTAIN .....................................................$& HOMOSEXUAL ACTS PUNISHABLE WITH DEATH PENALTY ....................................................................$& HOMOSEXUAL ACTS PUNISHABLE WITH DEATH PENALTY ! UNCLEAR ...............................................$& “HOMOSEXUAL PROPAGANDA” LAWS 'AND PROPOSALS( ....................................................................$& EQUAL AGE OF CONSENT FOR HOMOSEXUAL AND HETEROSEXUAL ACTS ........................................)* UNEQUAL AGE OF CONSENT FOR HOMOSEXUAL AND HETEROSEXUAL ACTS ..................................)$ PROHIBITION OF DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION ...............)) CONSTITUTIONAL PROHIBITION OF DISCRIMINATION BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION ..............)+ HATE CRIMES BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION CONSIDERED AN AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCE$$ .......................................................................................................................................), INCITEMENT TO HATRED BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION PROHIBITED..........................................)" MARRIAGE OPEN FOR SAME SEX COUPLES ..............................................................................................)% SAME SEX COUPLES OFFERED MOST OR ALL RIGHTS OF MARRIAGE 'CIVIL PARTNERSHIP, REGISTERED PARTNERSHIPS, CIVIL UNIONS, ETC( ..................................................................................)# SAME SEX COUPLES OFFERED SOME RIGHTS OF MARRIAGE ................................................................)& JOINT ADOPTION BY SAME!SEX COUPLES ..............................................................................................)- AFRICA .........................................................................................................................+* ALGERIA ..........................................................................................................................................................+* ANGOLA ..........................................................................................................................................................+* BOTSWANA ....................................................................................................................................................+$ BURUNDI .......................................................................................................................................................+$ CAMEROON ...................................................................................................................................................+) CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC ...................................................................................................................+) COMOROS ......................................................................................................................................................+) EGYPT ..............................................................................................................................................................++ ERITREA ..........................................................................................................................................................+, ETHIOPIA ........................................................................................................................................................+" GAMBIA ..........................................................................................................................................................+% GHANA ...........................................................................................................................................................+% GUINEA ...........................................................................................................................................................+% KENYA .............................................................................................................................................................+# LESOTHO ........................................................................................................................................................+# LIBERIA ...........................................................................................................................................................+& STATE-SPONSORED HOMOPHOBIA – MAY 2014 ILGA - International Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans and Intersex Association 2 www.ilga.org LIBYA ...............................................................................................................................................................+& MALAWI ..........................................................................................................................................................+- MAURITANIA ..................................................................................................................................................+- MAURITIUS .....................................................................................................................................................,* MOROCCO ......................................................................................................................................................,* MOZAMBIQUE ...............................................................................................................................................,$ NAMIBIA .........................................................................................................................................................,$ NIGERIA ..........................................................................................................................................................,) SENEGAL ........................................................................................................................................................,, SEYCHELLES ...................................................................................................................................................,, SIERRA LEONE ...............................................................................................................................................," SOMALIA .........................................................................................................................................................," SOUTH SUDAN ..............................................................................................................................................,% SUDAN ............................................................................................................................................................,% SWAZILAND....................................................................................................................................................,# TANZANIA.......................................................................................................................................................,# TOGO ...............................................................................................................................................................,& TUNISIA ..........................................................................................................................................................,& UGANDA .........................................................................................................................................................,& ZAMBIA ..........................................................................................................................................................."$ ZIMBABWE .....................................................................................................................................................") ASIA ............................................................................................................................."+ AFGHANISTAN ..............................................................................................................................................."+ BANGLADESH ................................................................................................................................................"+ BHUTAN .........................................................................................................................................................",