May 2012 State-sponsored Homophobia A world survey of laws criminalising same-sex sexual acts between consenting adults Lucas Paoli Itaborahy an ILGA report © 2012 ILGA, The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association – www.ilga.org Content Page Foreword from Gloria Careaga & Renato Sabbadini ILGA Co-Secretaries generals ... 4 From the author ........................................................................................................................ 6 Refugee Context Considered by Jenni Millbank and Eddie Bruce-Jones....................... 7 Violence and safety beyond the law: Homophobia and impunity in Brazil by Irina Bacci, Sonia Onufer Corrêa, Eduardo Piza Gomes de Mello, Roger Raupp Rios .......... 8 LGBTI rights global overview ................................................................................................. 11 AFRICA ..................................................................................................................................... 22 Foreword Linda RM Baumann & Rev Rowland Jide Macaulay / Pan Africa ILGA Algeria ................................................................................................................................. 25 Angola................................................................................................................................. 25 Benin .................................................................................................................................... 25 Botswana ............................................................................................................................ 26 Burundi................................................................................................................................. 26 Cameroon .......................................................................................................................... 26 Comoros.............................................................................................................................. 27 Egypt.................................................................................................................................... 27 Eritrea................................................................................................................................... 27 Ethiopia................................................................................................................................ 28 Gambia............................................................................................................................... 28 Ghana ................................................................................................................................. 29 Guinea................................................................................................................................. 29 Kenya................................................................................................................................... 29 Lesotho ................................................................................................................................ 30 Liberia .................................................................................................................................. 30 Libya .................................................................................................................................... 30 Malawi................................................................................................................................. 31 Mauritania........................................................................................................................... 32 Mauritius .............................................................................................................................. 32 Morocco ............................................................................................................................. 32 Mozambique ...................................................................................................................... 33 Namibia............................................................................................................................... 33 Nigeria ................................................................................................................................. 33 São Tomé and Principe..................................................................................................... 34 Senegal ............................................................................................................................... 34 Seychelles ........................................................................................................................... 34 Sierra Leone ........................................................................................................................ 35 Somalia................................................................................................................................ 35 South Sudan……………………………………………………………………………………...35 Sudan................................................................................................................................... 36 Swaziland ............................................................................................................................ 36 Tanzania .............................................................................................................................. 37 Togo ..................................................................................................................................... 37 Tunisia .................................................................................................................................. 37 Uganda ............................................................................................................................... 38 Zambia ................................................................................................................................ 38 Zimbabwe........................................................................................................................... 39 ASIA .......................................................................................................................................... 40 Foreword from Sahran Abeysundara & Poedjati Tan / ILGA-Asia Afghanistan ........................................................................................................................ 41 Bangladesh......................................................................................................................... 41 Bhutan ................................................................................................................................. 41 Brunei ................................................................................................................................... 42 Gaza (Occupied Palestinian Territory)............................................................................ 42 India………………………………………………………………………………………………..42 Indonesia............................................................................................................................. 43 Iran ....................................................................................................................................... 43 Iraq....................................................................................................................................... 44 Kuwait.................................................................................................................................. 44 Lebanon.............................................................................................................................. 45 Malaysia .............................................................................................................................. 45 Maldives .............................................................................................................................. 46 Myanmar............................................................................................................................. 46 Oman................................................................................................................................... 46 Pakistan ............................................................................................................................... 47 Qatar ................................................................................................................................... 47 Saudi-Arabia....................................................................................................................... 47 Singapore............................................................................................................................ 48 Sri Lanka .............................................................................................................................. 48 Syria...................................................................................................................................... 48 Turkmenistan....................................................................................................................... 49 United Arab Emirates......................................................................................................... 49 Uzbekistan..........................................................................................................................