ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2012
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Comoros<br />
Male/Male Illegal Female/Female Illegal<br />
Penal Code of the Federal Islamic Republic of Comoros 138<br />
Article 318. –<br />
“(3) Without prejudice to the more serious penalties provided for in the preceding paragraphs or by articles<br />
320 and 321 of this Code, whoever will have committed an improper or unnatural act with a person of the<br />
same sex will be punished by imprisonment of between one and five years and by a fine of 50 000 to<br />
1 000 000 francs. If the act was committed with a minor, the maximum penalty will always be applied.”<br />
Egypt<br />
Male/Male Illegal Female/Female Unclear<br />
Sexual relations between consenting adult persons of the same sex in private are not prohibited as such.<br />
However, Law 10/1961, aimed at combating prostitution, as well as for example Penal Code article 98w on<br />
“Contempt for Religion” and article 278 on “Shameless public acts” have been used to imprison gay men in<br />
the recent years. 139<br />
Law n° 10, 1961 on 'Combating of prostitution, incitement and its encouragement': 140<br />
Article 9 (c) "Anyone who habitually engages in debauchery or prostitution is liable to a penalty of three<br />
months to three years imprisonment and/or a fine of LE 25-300".<br />
Eritrea<br />
Male/Male Illegal Female/Female Illegal<br />
Penal Code of 1957 (Inherited from Ethiopian rule) 141<br />
Art. 600. — Unnatural Carnal Offences.<br />
“(1) Whosoever performs with another person of the same sex an act corresponding to the sexual act, or any<br />
other indecent act, is punishable with simple imprisonment.<br />
(2) The provisions of Art. 597 are applicable where an infant or young person is involved.”<br />
Art.105.- Simple Imprisonment.<br />
“(1) simple imprisonment is a sentence applicable to offences of a not very serious nature committed by<br />
persons who are not a serious danger to society.<br />
It is intended as a measure of safety to the general public and as a punishment to the offender.<br />
Subject to any special provision of law and without prejudice to conditional release, simple imprisonment<br />
may extend for a period of from ten days to three years; such period shall be fixed by the court.<br />
(2) The sentence of simple imprisonment shall be served in such prison or in such section thereof as is<br />
appointed for the purpose.”<br />
135 German Bundestag; Printed Paper 16/3597, p. 9.<br />
http://www.volkerbeck.de/cms/files/16_3597_minor_interpellation.pdf<br />
136 Available at: www.glapn.org/sodomylaws/world/cameroon/cameroon.htm<br />
137 See Criminalizing Identities – Rights Abuses in Cameroon based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, 2010,<br />
p. 10, note 9, available at: www.hrw.org/en/reports/2010/11/04/criminalizing-identities-0.<br />
138 Text of the law is available at : http://www.comores-droit.com/code/penal.<br />
139 German Bundestag; Printed Paper 16/3597, p. 8-9.<br />
http://www.volkerbeck.de/cms/files/16_3597_minor_interpellation.pdf<br />
140 See <strong>State</strong>ment of the International Federation of Human Rights Leagues (FIDH) of 2003, available at:<br />
http://www.unhchr.ch/Huridocda/Huridoca.nsf/0/fda8c19f8d15755bc1256cf40033b7d9?Opendocument<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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