Homosexuality in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Homosexuality is legal in the Democratic Republic of the Congo , but is taboo in parts of society.

legality

Homosexual acts are legal in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The age of consent is uniformly 18 years. In the history of the country, as far as research has been carried out, there have never been any explicit criminal liability provisions for homosexual acts. Before the state was founded in 1960, the Democratic Republic of the Congo belonged to the European colonial power of Belgium . Homosexual acts were decriminalized there as early as 1794. In the criminal liability provisions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, there is only a very vague Article 172, which punishes violations of public morals with 3 months to 5 years. Since 2014, Parliament has been debating a bill by MP Steve Mbikayi that criminalizes homosexual acts. There should be a prison sentence of up to five years.

Anti-discrimination laws

There is no anti-discrimination law in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Recognition of homosexual couples

State recognition of same-sex couples does not exist in the form of same-sex marriage or in a registered partnership .

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ILGA : State sponsored homophobia ( Memento of the original from March 6, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF document, English; 392 kB) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ilga.org
  2. queer.de:Congo debates prison sentences for LGBT people