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| Region | Maldives |
| Issue | Equal age of consent |
| Status | N/A |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Homosexuality is illegal, so there is no legal age of consent. |
| Sources | https://www.humandignitytrust.org/country-profile/maldives/ https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/lib-docs/HRBodies/UPR/Documents/Session9/MV/JS2_ARCI_ArcInternational_JS.pdf |
Revision History (10)
edited by UnknownMiles. Resting description and adding sources.
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| Description | Homosexuality is illegal there. | Homosexuality is illegal, so there is no legal age of consent. |
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| Sources | http://old.ilga.org/Statehomophobia/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2013.pdf | https://www.humandignitytrust.org/country-profile/maldives/ https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/lib-docs/HRBodies/UPR/Documents/Session9/MV/JS2_ARCI_ArcInternational_JS.pdf |
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| Value | Equal | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | Equal | N/A |
| Description | Homosexuality is illegal there. Set age of consent. for males and females. | Homosexuality is illegal there. |
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| Sources | http://old.ilga.org/Statehomophobia/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2013.pdf | |
| Old Value | New Value | |
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| Description | Homosexuality is illegal there. Set age of consent. | Homosexuality is illegal there. Set age of consent. for males and females. |
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| Sources | No | |
Reports (1)
- Status is not correct
| Old Value | New Value | |
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| Value | Unequal | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | Unequal | Ambiguous |
| Description | Homosexuality is illegal there. | Homosexuality is illegal there. Set age of consent. |
Reports (1)
- Status is not correct "All sexual actives outside marriage are criminalized . Age of consent set at 18 for both males and females."
| Old Value | New Value | |
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| Value | Equal | Unequal |
| Description | age of consent is 18 regardless. | Homosexuality is illegal there. |
| Old Value (Original) | New Value | |
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| Value | Unequal | Equal |
| Description | No | age of consent is 18 regardless. |