ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2012
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Algeria<br />
Male/Male Illegal Female/Female Illegal<br />
Penal Code (Ordinance 66-156 of June 8, 1966)<br />
127 128<br />
Art. 338 - “Any person guilty of a homosexual act shall be punished with a term of imprisonment of between<br />
two months and two years and a fine of between 500 and 2,000 Algerian dinars.”<br />
Angola<br />
Male/Male Illegal Female/Female Illegal<br />
Penal Code of September 16, 1886, as amended in 1954 (Inherited from the Portuguese colonial era) 129<br />
Articles 70 and 71 add security measures on people who habitually practice acts against the order of nature,<br />
stating that such people shall be sent to labor camps.<br />
For text of the law in Portuguese – see Mozambique section!<br />
Benin<br />
Male/Male Illegal Female/Female Illegal<br />
Article 88 of Benin’s Penal Code of 1996 provides:<br />
“Anyone who commits an indecent act or an act against nature with an individual of the same sex will be<br />
punished by 1 to 3 years imprisonment and a fine of 100,000 to 500,000 francs.” 130<br />
According to the response by the <strong>State</strong> of Benin on its 2008 Periodic Review, ”issue of homosexuality, the<br />
phenomenon is not ignored but is marginal. Families would never allow their children to be taken to court for<br />
such an offence, so no criminal ruling has ever been rendered, although it is provided for by law.” 131<br />
127 Text of the law is available at: http://lexalgeria.free.fr/penal.htm.<br />
128 German Bundestag; Printed Paper 16/3597, p. 6, available at:<br />
http://www.volkerbeck.de/cms/files/16_3597_minor_interpellation.pdf<br />
129 Relatório sobre os Direitos Humanos – 2005 – Angola, available at :<br />
http://luanda.usembassy.gov/wwwhdireitoshumanos05.html<br />
130 Submission in the UPR review of: Benin. Available at:<br />
http://lib.ohchr.org/HRBodies/UPR/Documents/Session2/BJ/<strong>ILGA</strong>_BEN_UPR_S2_2008_InternationalLesbianandGayAsso<br />
ciation_uprsubmission_JOINT.pdf<br />
131 See para.29. A/HRC/8/39<br />
<strong>State</strong>-<strong>Sponsored</strong> <strong>Homophobia</strong> – May 2011<br />
<strong>ILGA</strong> – The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association - www.ilga.org<br />
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