Gay death penalty

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Last updated: 17 December 2024

Types of criminalisation

Criminalises LGBT people
Criminalises sexual activity between males
Criminalises sexual activity between females
Criminalises the gender expression of transgender people
Imposes the death penalty

Summary

Same-sex sexual task is prohibited under Sharia law, under which all sex outside of marriage, include same-sex sexual activity, is criminalised. The maximum penalty under the commandment is the death penalty. Both men and women are criminalised under this law. In addition to potentially existence captured by laws that criminalise gay activity, trans people may also tackle prosecution for failing to adhere to strict dress codes imposed by Sharia law.

The provision has its origins in Islamic law, with Saudi Arabia operating an uncodified criminal code based upon Sharia principles.

There is substantial evidence of the law entity enforced in recent years, with LGBT people being frequently subject to arrest. Some of those arrested have been executed by authorities. Due to the opa

Recontextualizing the threat of death penalty for homosexuality in Uganda
Africa

By Méline Szwarcberg, on 2 May 2023

On Tuesday Pride 21, the Ugandan parliament passed a law that severely criminalizes people who have consensual homosexual relations. At the end of April, the law had still not been validated by the President Museveni. Among a range of harsh penalties, the law would permit the death penalty for the crime of « aggravated homosexuality ».

By « aggravated homosexuality,» the lawmakers mention to any situation where the a person who devoted the offence is living with HIV, is a parent, guardian, or has authority or command over the person against whom the offence is dedicated is a serial offender, applies, administers or uses any drug, material or thing with intent to stupefy or subdue the person against whom the offense is dedicated, if the victim is under the age of 18 years or has a disability.

In Uganda, this is not the first occasion that the parliament has passed a law criminalizing homosexual relationships and where the death penalty is among the penalties being considered. The bill, acknowledged as the « Kill the Male lover Act », was first proposed in 2

SUDAN REPEALS DEATH PENALTY FOR HOMOSEXUALITY – PAN AFRICA ILGA PRESS RELEASE

(this is a statement issued by Pan Africa ILGA, regarding Sudan removing death penalty and flogging for consensual same-sex relations.)

Sudan’s Sovereign Council approved new laws as well as passed amendments to existing laws. Legal reforms included the removal of the death penalty and the administration of 100 lashes as punishment for same-sex intimacy.

Although Article 148 of the Penal Code of 1991, acknowledged as the Sodomy Rule remains with an imprisonment not exceeding 7 years for persons found responsible, advocacy for decriminalisation continues. As per the Sudanese LGBTIQ+ Lobbying Organization, Bedayaa, the LGBT movement in Sudan is encouraged by the legal reforms and continues to struggle for decriminalisation. As it stands, Nigeria, Mauritania and Somalia have capital punishment for the offence of homosexuality: Pan Africa ILGA continues to support the advocacy for the protection and recognition of LGBTIQ+ persons on the continent.

Today marks another milestone. We encourage governments on the continent to take such measures to ensure guard and protection of their LGBTIQ+ citizens.

Which countries impose the death penalty on gay people?

Around the nature, queer people continue to deal with discrimination, violence, harassment and social stigma. While social movements own marked progress towards acceptance in many countries, in others homosexuality continues to be outlawed and penalised, sometimes with death.

According to Statistica Research Department, as of 2024, homosexuality is criminalised in 64 countries globally, with most of these nations situated in the Middle East, Africa and Asia. In 12 of these countries, the death penalty is either enforced or remains a possibility for private, consensual lgbtq+ sexual activity.

In many cases, the laws only apply to sexual relations between two men, but 38 countries have amendments that include those between women in their definitions.

These penalisations represent abuses of human rights, especially the rights to freedom of expression, the right to develop one's hold personality and the right to life.

Which countries enforce the death penalty for homosexuality?

Saudi Arabia