Current Version
| Region | Namibia |
| Issue | Homosexual activity |
| Status | Male illegal, female legal |
| Start Date | 1920 |
| End Date | May 17, 2024 |
| Description | Not enforced. Decriminalization pending. Court plans to decriminalize homosexuality by May 17, 2024. |
| Sources | http://lib.ohchr.org/HRBodies/UPR/Documents/Session10/NA/JS1_JointSubmission-eng.pdf http://old.ilga.org/Statehomophobia/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2013.pdf https://allafrica.com/stories/202311010204.html |
Revision History (9)
Revision by Pizzaslices412653. Illegal since 1920
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| Start Date | (NONE) | 1920 |
Revision by Pizzaslices412653. Namibian court plans to reverse sodomy law by May 17, 2024.
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| End Date | (NONE) | May 17, 2024 |
| Description | Not enforced (decriminalization pending) | Not enforced. Decriminalization pending. Court plans to decriminalize homosexuality by May 17, 2024. |
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| Sources | http://lib.ohchr.org/HRBodies/UPR/Documents/Session10/NA/JS1_JointSubmission-eng.pdf http://old.ilga.org/Statehomophobia/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2013.pdf | http://lib.ohchr.org/HRBodies/UPR/Documents/Session10/NA/JS1_JointSubmission-eng.pdf http://old.ilga.org/Statehomophobia/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2013.pdf https://allafrica.com/stories/202311010204.html |
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Revision by DuffdeNecker
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| Value | Legal | Male illegal, female legal |
Reports (2)
- All information is correct, just adding sources "https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/life/could-namibia-decriminalise-same-sex-relations/amp/
Namibia set to debate law next May"
- Status is not correct "Namíbiában hatályon kívül helyezték a törvényt ezért jogilag nem büntethet?. "
Revision by DuffdeNecker
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| Value | Male illegal, female legal | Legal |
Revision by Antinousosiris
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| Description | Not enforced | Not enforced (decriminalization pending) |
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Revision by Antinousosiris
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| Value | Illegal (imprisonment as punishment) | Male illegal, female legal |
| Description | According to a Submission in the UPR review of Namibia: "Homosexuality per se is not illegal in Namibia, however anal sex between two males has been considered illegal under common law sodomy provisions inherited as part of the Roman-Dutch law by the time of Namibia’s of independence. The law is silent on consensual sex between two women." | Not enforced |
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Revision by vviet93
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Reports (1)
- Status is not correct "Read the Legal Assistance Centre, a Namibian NGO's, report on LGBT rights. There are cases of arreat, albeit few with no trials."
Revision by danlev
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| Description | According to a Submission in the UPR review of Namibia: "Homosexuality per se is not illegal in Namibia, however anal sex between two males has been considered illegal under common law sodomy provisions inherited as part of the Roman-Dutch law by the time of Namibia’s of independence. The law is silent on consensual sex between two women." | According to a Submission in the UPR review of Namibia: "Homosexuality per se is not illegal in Namibia, however anal sex between two males has been considered illegal under common law sodomy provisions inherited as part of the Roman-Dutch law by the time of Namibia’s of independence. The law is silent on consensual sex between two women." |
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Revision by danlev
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| Description | According to a Submission in the UPR review of Namibia: "Homosexuality per se is not illegal in Namibia, however anal sex between two males has been considered illegal under common law sodomy provisions inherited as part of the Roman-Dutch law by the time of Namibia’s of independence. The law is silent on consensual sex between two women." | According to a Submission in the UPR review of Namibia: "Homosexuality per se is not illegal in Namibia, however anal sex between two males has been considered illegal under common law sodomy provisions inherited as part of the Roman-Dutch law by the time of Namibia’s of independence. The law is silent on consensual sex between two women." |
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