Entry #1137: Equal age of consent in Ethiopia

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RegionEthiopia
IssueEqual age of consent
StatusEqual
Start Date1932
End DateMay 4, 1958
DescriptionFrom 1932 until 1958, homosexuality was legal in Ethiopia, and there were no known discrepancies between the age of consent for heterosexual and homosexual sex.
Sourceshttps://journals.ju.edu.et/index.php/jlaw/article/view/5635
https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.59376/page/n167/mode/2up


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edited by Unknownmiles. adding start date

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Start Date(unknown)1932

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Value(REMOVED)Equal
Special StatusN/AEqual
End Date(none)May 4, 1958
DescriptionHomosexuality is illegal, so the age of consent does not apply.From 1932 until 1958, homosexuality was legal in Ethiopia, and there were no known discrepancies between the age of consent for heterosexual and homosexual sex.
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Homosexuality is illegal, so the age of consent does not apply. From 1932 until 1958, homosexuality was legal in Ethiopia, and there were no known discrepancies between the age of consent for heterosexual and homosexual sex.
Sourceshttps://outrightinternational.org/our-work/sub-saharan-africa/ethiopiahttps://journals.ju.edu.et/index.php/jlaw/article/view/5635
https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.59376/page/n167/mode/2up
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https://outrightinternational.org/our-work/sub-saharan-africa/ethiopia https://journals.ju.edu.et/index.php/jlaw/article/view/5635 https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.59376/page/n167/mode/2up

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DescriptionHomosexuality is illegal.Homosexuality is illegal, so the age of consent does not apply.
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Homosexuality is illegal. illegal, so the age of consent does not apply.
Sourceshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Ethiopiahttps://outrightinternational.org/our-work/sub-saharan-africa/ethiopia
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Ethiopia https://outrightinternational.org/our-work/sub-saharan-africa/ethiopia

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ValueUnequal(REMOVED)
Special StatusUnequalN/A
DescriptionHomosexuality is illegal.

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Sourceshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Ethiopia