Current Version
| Region | Chad |
| Issue | Hate crime protections |
| Status | Sexual orientation only |
| Start Date | Aug 1, 2017 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Since 2017, Article 350(i) of Chad’s Penal Code has included sexual orientation as a protected characteristic in cases of rape, increasing the perpetrator’s sentence from between eight and fifteen years (under Article 349) to between ten and twenty years of imprisonment. |
| Sources | https://www.droit-afrique.com/uploads/Tchad-Code-penal-2017.pdf |
Revision History (2)
| Old Value (Original) | New Value (Current) | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Protected in some contexts | Sexual orientation only |
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0 | Original entry | |
|---|---|
| Status | Protected in some contexts |
| Start Date | Aug 1, 2017 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Since 2017, Article 350(i) of Chad’s Penal Code has included sexual orientation as a protected characteristic in cases of rape, increasing the perpetrator’s sentence from between eight and fifteen years (under Article 349) to between ten and twenty years of imprisonment. |
| Sources | https://www.droit-afrique.com/uploads/Tchad-Code-penal-2017.pdf |