Current Version
| Region | Senegal |
| Issue | LGBT discrimination |
| Status | Illegal in some contexts |
| Start Date | 2008 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Some protections based on sexual orientation. Article 18 of Law 2017-27 on the Press Code states that "Journalists and media technicians must respect human dignity and avoid any allusion, through text, images, and sound, to a person's ethnic or national affiliation, religion, gender, or sexual orientation, as well as to any physical or mental illness or disability that may be discriminatory and/or stigmatizing. Article 431-24 of the Penal Code (Law on Cybercrime 2008) states that Anyone who places or stores on a computer medium or memory, without the express consent of the person concerned, personal data that, directly or indirectly, reveals the person's sexual orientation, shall be punished by imprisonment of one to seven years and a fine. |
| Sources | Penal Code https://ofnac.sn/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Code-Pe%CC%81nal-Nouveau-Se%CC%81ne%CC%81gal.pdf Law on Cybercrime https://www.adie.sn/sites/default/files/lois/4-cybercrime.pdf Law on the Press Code https://www.tds.sn/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CODE-PRESSE-2017.pdf http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/220363.pdf |
| Federal Law | Yes |
Revision History (3)
| Old Value | New Value (Current) | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | No protections | Illegal in some contexts |
| Start Date | (unknown) | 2008 |
| Description | As homosexual conduct is illegal, discrimination on the basis on sexual orientation or gender identity is legal under the law. | Some protections based on sexual orientation. Article 18 of Law 2017-27 on the Press Code states that "Journalists and media technicians must respect human dignity and avoid any allusion, through text, images, and sound, to a person's ethnic or national affiliation, religion, gender, or sexual orientation, as well as to any physical or mental illness or disability that may be discriminatory and/or stigmatizing. Article 431-24 of the Penal Code (Law on Cybercrime 2008) states that Anyone who places or stores on a computer medium or memory, without the express consent of the person concerned, personal data that, directly or indirectly, reveals the person's sexual orientation, shall be punished by imprisonment of one to seven years and a fine. |
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| Sources | http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/220363.pdf | Penal Code https://ofnac.sn/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Code-Pe%CC%81nal-Nouveau-Se%CC%81ne%CC%81gal.pdf Law on Cybercrime https://www.adie.sn/sites/default/files/lois/4-cybercrime.pdf Law on the Press Code https://www.tds.sn/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CODE-PRESSE-2017.pdf http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/220363.pdf |
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edited by DaisyGeekyTrans. Removing start date.
Helpful?
0 | Old Value (Original) | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Start Date | Feb 1, 1966 | (unknown) |
| Federal Law | No | Yes |