Entry #12659: Homosexual activity in Mauritius

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RegionMauritius
IssueHomosexual activity
StatusLegal
Start DateOct 4, 2023
End Datenow
DescriptionFive members of the LGBT community won their case before the Supreme Court on Wednesday, October 4, 2023. In an initial verdict by Justices David Chan Kan Cheong and Karuna Devi Gunesh-Balaghee, they ruled that section 250(1) of the Penal Code, which seeks to criminalise sodomy, is discriminatory and unconstitutional. This, insofar as it prohibits consensual sodomy between consenting male adults.
Sourceshttps://defimedia.info/cour-supreme-criminaliser-la-sodomie-consensuelle-entre-adultes-est-anticonstitutionnel

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