Embrace diversity and energize humanity 2017, para. 30
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- The gaps are, however, omnipresent, despite a global trend towards decriminalization of consensual same-sex relationships. More than 70 countries still criminalize same-sex relations, with particular impact on gay and bisexual men and other men who have sex with men. Of those, at least 40 countries criminalize same-sex relations between lesbian and bisexual women and other women who have sex with women. The death penalty may be applied in a number of countries in the African and Asian regions. More particularly, the death penalty is imposed throughout the territory of four countries and in certain provinces of two others, and in two States the death penalty is carried out by non-State actors. In five other States the death penalty could technically be imposed but it is not invoked.
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Body
- Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- LGBTQI+
- Women
- Year
- 2017
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Paragraph focus
- Decriminalization of consensual same-sex relations and gender identity (covering also gender expression)
- Paragraph number
- 30
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