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Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in Mauritania face severe challenges not experienced by non-
LGBT
residents. Both male and female kinds of same-sex sexual activity are illegal in
Mauritania
.
Openly homosexual
Muslim
men face
stoning to death
, though there have been no known cases of executions caused by homosexuality charges in the country; whereas
women who have sex with women
face prison.
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Law regarding same-sex sexual activity
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Law in
Mauritania
is based on
Sharia
.
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According to the Article 308 of the 1983
Criminal Code
, "Any adult Muslim man who commits an impudent or unnatural act with an individual of his sex will face the penalty of death by public stoning" (
Rajm
).
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According to the
Human Dignity Trust
and Amnesty International, the death penalty has not been imposed since 1986.
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Women face prison between three months to two years imprisonment, and a fine of 5,000 to 60,000 Mauritanian Ouguiya.
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Living conditions
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September 2022
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The
U.S. Department of State
's 2011 human rights report found that, "There were no criminal prosecutions during the year. There was no evidence of societal violence, societal discrimination, or systematic government discrimination based on sexual orientation. There were no organizations advocating for sexual orientation or gender-identity rights, but there were no legal impediments to the operation of such groups."
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The State Department's reports of later years similarly report either no known arrests, or state that authorities did not actively enforce the law.
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Summary table
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Same-sex sexual activity legal
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(Penalty: Execution for men, [not enforced]; prison and fines for women)
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Equal age of consent
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Anti-discrimination laws in employment only
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Anti-discrimination laws in the provision of goods and services
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Anti-discrimination laws in all other areas (incl. indirect discrimination, hate speech)
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Same-sex marriages
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Recognition of same-sex couples
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Stepchild adoption by same-sex couples
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Joint adoption by same-sex couples
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LGBT people allowed to serve openly in the military
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Right to change legal gender
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Access to IVF for lesbians
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Commercial surrogacy for gay male couples
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MSMs
allowed to donate blood
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See also
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