STATE-SPONSORED HOMOPHOBIA A WORLD SURVEY OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION LAWS: CRIMINALISATION, PROTECTION AND RECOGNITION 12TH EDITION MAY 2017 AENGUS CARROLL AND LUCAS RAMÓN MENDOS ilga.org This 12th edition of State Sponsored Homophobia report was researched and written by Aengus Carroll and Lucas Ramón Mendos and published by ILGA. It is copyright-free provided you cite both the author and the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA). Suggested citation: International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association: Carroll, A. and Mendos, L.R., State Sponsored Homophobia 2017: A world survey of sexual orientation laws: criminalisation, protection and recognition (Geneva; ILGA, May 2017). This report is available to download in Word or PDF formats. Digital versions of the four ILGA maps of LGB legislation in the world are available for print. State-Sponsored Homophobia and its world maps are published simultaneously in English and Spanish, and will be available in Arabic, Chinese, French and Russian. Download the maps and reports at http://ilga.org or contact [email protected] Coordination: Renato Sabbadini Design and typesetting: Renné Ramos Maps: Eduardo Enoki STATE-SPONSORED HOMOPHOBIA - MAY 2017 CONTENT FOREWORD: CO-SECRETARIES-GENERAL: RUTH BALDACCHINO AND HELEN KENNEDY ............................................................................5 AUTHORS’ PREFACE: AENGUS CARROLL AND LUCAS RAMÓN MENDOS ...............................................................................................................7 STRENGTHENING SOGI PROTECTION AND UNPACKING INTERSECTIONALITY AT THE UNITED NATIONS IN 2016: ANDRÉ DU PLESSIS, DIANA CAROLINA PRADO MOSQUERA AND KSENIYA KIRICHENKO ............................................................ 13 LGB LEGISLATION GLOBAL OVERVIEW ..................................................................................25 SAME-SEX SEXUAL ACTS LEGAL .................................................26 HATE CRIMES BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION SAME-SEX SEXUAL ACTS ILLEGAL ...................................................37 CONSIDERED AN AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCE .........................60 SAME-SEX SEXUAL ACTS - DEATH PENALTY ................................40 INCITEMENT TO HATRED BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION PROHIBITED ...............................................................63 PROMOTION (‘PROPAGANDA’) AND ‘MORALITY’ LAWS ...............41 BAN ON ‘CONVERSION THERAPIES’ .................................................67 BARRIERS TO SOGI NGOS ...................................................................46 MARRIAGE OPEN FOR SAME-SEX COUPLES ...................................68 CONSTITUTIONAL PROHIBITION OF DISCRIMINATION SPECIFYING SEXUAL ORIENTATION .................................................46 PARTNERSHIP RECOGNITION FOR SAME-SEX COUPLES ..............70 PROHIBITION OF DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT JOINT ADOPTION BY SAME-SEX COUPLES ....................................73 BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION ....................................................48 SECOND PARENT ADOPTION ..............................................................75 CRIMINALISATION ...................................................................................................................79 AFRICA .....................................................................................................................................81 ALGERIA .................................................................................................81 MAURITIUS ............................................................................................95 ANGOLA .................................................................................................81 MOROCCO ..............................................................................................95 BOTSWANA ............................................................................................82 NAMIBIA .................................................................................................95 BURUNDI ...............................................................................................83 NIGERIA .................................................................................................96 CAMEROON ...........................................................................................84 SENEGAL ...............................................................................................97 COMOROS ..............................................................................................84 SIERRA LEONE ......................................................................................98 EGYPT ....................................................................................................85 SOMALIA ................................................................................................98 ERITREA .................................................................................................86 SOUTH SUDAN ......................................................................................99 ETHIOPIA ...............................................................................................87 SUDAN ................................................................................................. 100 GAMBIA ..................................................................................................88 SWAZILAND ........................................................................................ 100 GHANA ...................................................................................................89 TANZANIA ........................................................................................... 101 GUINEA ..................................................................................................90 KENYA ....................................................................................................90 TOGO ................................................................................................... 102 LIBERIA ..................................................................................................91 TUNISIA ............................................................................................... 103 LIBYA ......................................................................................................92 UGANDA ............................................................................................. 104 MALAWI .................................................................................................93 ZAMBIA ............................................................................................... 105 MAURITANIA .........................................................................................94 ZIMBABWE ......................................................................................... 106 AMERICAS ..............................................................................................................................108 ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA................................................................. 108 JAMAICA ............................................................................................. 114 BARBADOS ......................................................................................... 109 ST KITTS & NEVIS .............................................................................. 116 DOMINICA ........................................................................................... 110 ST LUCIA ............................................................................................. 117 GRENADA ............................................................................................ 111 ST VINCENT & THE GRENADINES................................................... 118 GUYANA .............................................................................................. 112 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO .................................................................. 119 STATE-SPONSORED HOMOPHOBIA - MAY 2017 ASIA .......................................................................................................................................121 AFGHANISTAN ................................................................................... 121 MYANMAR .......................................................................................... 132 BANGLADESH .................................................................................... 121 OMAN .................................................................................................. 133 BHUTAN .............................................................................................. 122 PAKISTAN ............................................................................................ 133 BRUNEI DARUSSALAM ..................................................................... 123 QATAR .................................................................................................. 134 GAZA (IN THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY) ................ 124 SAUDI ARABIA ................................................................................... 135 INDIA ................................................................................................... 124 SINGAPORE ........................................................................................ 136 INDONESIA (SOUTH SUMATRA AND ACEH PROVINCE) ............. 125 SRI LANKA .........................................................................................