Current Version
| Region | Ethiopia |
| Issue | Equal age of consent |
| Status | Equal |
| Start Date | 1932 |
| End Date | May 4, 1958 |
| Description | 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. |
| Sources | https://journals.ju.edu.et/index.php/jlaw/article/view/5635 https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.59376/page/n167/mode/2up |
Revision History (5)
edited by Unknownmiles. adding start date
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| Start Date | (unknown) | 1932 |
edited by Unknownmiles. Rewriting description and replacing links
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Equal |
| Special Status | N/A | Equal |
| End Date | (none) | May 4, 1958 |
| Description | 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. |
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| Sources | 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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edited by Unknownmiles. Removing Wikipedia link and replacing is and adding more words to description
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| Description | Homosexuality is illegal. | Homosexuality is illegal, so the age of consent does not apply. |
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| Sources | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Ethiopia | https://outrightinternational.org/our-work/sub-saharan-africa/ethiopia |
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| Value | Unequal | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | Unequal | N/A |
| Description | Homosexuality is illegal. |
created by christierroberts
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| Status | Unequal |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | (empty) |
| Sources | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Ethiopia |