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| Region | Iraq |
| Issue | Homosexual activity |
| Status | Ambiguous |
| Start Date | Jul 19, 1969 |
| End Date | Apr 27, 2024 |
| Description | Iraq's Criminal Code does not explicitly mention homosexuality in its penal code, however certain articles such as article 401 can be used against LGBT community. The article criminalises “immodest acts” in public, and punishable by a period of detention of up to six months and/or a fine. |
| Sources | http://law.case.edu/saddamtrial/documents/Iraqi_Penal_Code_1969.pdf http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=6dLeAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA139&lpg=PA139&dq=Same-sex+sexual+activity+legal++iraq+2003&source=bl&ots=YAb6dOt5c0&sig=CkFhMmyw8kl0l__T44QL9-MioqI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=16ODVNX1O8f-UICPgNgP&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=Same-sex%20sexual%20activity%20legal%20%20iraq%202003&f=false https://database.ilga.org/iraq-lgbti |
Revision History (12)
edited by Unknownmiles. Updating description
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| Description | Even though Iraq's Criminal Code doesn't mention homosexuality in its penal code, Articles such as 401 in the penal code can be used against LGBT community. Efforts have been made to officially recriminalize homosexuality in Iraq, however. | Iraq's Criminal Code does not explicitly mention homosexuality in its penal code, however certain articles such as article 401 can be used against LGBT community. The article criminalises “immodest acts” in public, and punishable by a period of detention of up to six months and/or a fine. |
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edited by Unknownmiles. Iraq criminalized it today
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| End Date | (none) | Apr 27, 2024 |
edited by Notdog1996. Stop changing it to legal. The current law is used to persecute LGBT people, so putting it at legal is misleading.
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| Value | Legal | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | Legal | Ambiguous |
| Description | Since the fall of Saddam Hussein, the status of homosexuality has been problematic. Homosexuality is not illegal by law in Iraq, but it remains taboo. So its status is not ambiguous but it remains a difficult subject to bring to Iraq. | Even though Iraq's Criminal Code doesn't mention homosexuality in its penal code, Articles such as 401 in the penal code can be used against LGBT community. Efforts have been made to officially recriminalize homosexuality in Iraq, however. |
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Legal |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | Legal |
| Description | Even though Iraq's Criminal Code doesn't mention homosexuality in its penal code, Articles such as 401 in the penal code can be used against LGBT community. Efforts have been made to officially recriminalize homosexuality in Iraq, however. | Since the fall of Saddam Hussein, the status of homosexuality has been problematic. Homosexuality is not illegal by law in Iraq, but it remains taboo. So its status is not ambiguous but it remains a difficult subject to bring to Iraq. |
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edited by Notdog1996. Ambiguous at best
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| Value | Legal | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | Legal | Ambiguous |
| Description | Since the fall of Saddam Hussein, the status of homosexuality has been problematic. Homosexuality is not illegal by law in Iraq, but it remains taboo | Even though Iraq's Criminal Code doesn't mention homosexuality in its penal code, Articles such as 401 in the penal code can be used against LGBT community. Efforts have been made to officially recriminalize homosexuality in Iraq, however. |
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| Sources | http://law.case.edu/saddamtrial/documents/Iraqi_Penal_Code_1969.pdf http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=6dLeAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA139&lpg=PA139&dq=Same-sex+sexual+activity+legal++iraq+2003&source=bl&ots=YAb6dOt5c0&sig=CkFhMmyw8kl0l__T44QL9-MioqI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=16ODVNX1O8f-UICPgNgP&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=Same-sex%20sexual%20activity%20legal%20%20iraq%202003&f=false | http://law.case.edu/saddamtrial/documents/Iraqi_Penal_Code_1969.pdf http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=6dLeAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA139&lpg=PA139&dq=Same-sex+sexual+activity+legal++iraq+2003&source=bl&ots=YAb6dOt5c0&sig=CkFhMmyw8kl0l__T44QL9-MioqI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=16ODVNX1O8f-UICPgNgP&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=Same-sex%20sexual%20activity%20legal%20%20iraq%202003&f=false https://database.ilga.org/iraq-lgbti |
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Legal |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | Legal |
| Description | Even though Iraq's Criminal Code doesn't mention homosexuality in its penal code, Articles such as 401 in the penal code can be used against LGBT community. | Since the fall of Saddam Hussein, the status of homosexuality has been problematic. Homosexuality is not illegal by law in Iraq, but it remains taboo |
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edited by Turnopi_karnavara. Small edit
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Reports (1)
- Newer law has been passed "5-6 months imprisonment as of June 2021. originally was supposed to be criminalized after gaining independence in 1932."
edited by Muhammadaji2022
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| Description | Even though Iraq's Criminal Code doesn't mention homosexuality in its penal code, Articles such as 400 in the penal code can be used against LGBT community. | Even though Iraq's Criminal Code doesn't mention homosexuality in its penal code, Articles such as 401 in the penal code can be used against LGBT community. |
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Reports (3)
- Status is not correct "It was legal since 1969, but it appears that it was actually legal since 2003, when Paul Bremer issued decrees to restore an old Iraqi penal code of 1969. Homosexuality is legal in Iraq, but is considered to be "de facto" repressed. Age of consent is also equal and set at 18 years."
- Status is not correct "Homosexuality in private has been legal in Iraq since 2003, when a decree was issued to restore the penal code of 1969. It's basically de jure legal, but de facto illegal or repressed. And public indecency law still applies. So it can remain ambigious, but with these notes."
- Date is incorrect "No Laws Since 2003 But Certain ”Morality Laws” Exist"
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| Description | Even though Iraq's Criminal Code doesn't mention homosexuality in its penal code, Articles such as 400 in the penal code can be used against LGBT community. | Even though Iraq's Criminal Code doesn't mention homosexuality in its penal code, Articles such as 400 in the penal code can be used against LGBT community. |
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| Sources | http://law.case.edu/saddamtrial/documents/Iraqi_Penal_Code_1969.pdf | http://law.case.edu/saddamtrial/documents/Iraqi_Penal_Code_1969.pdf http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=6dLeAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA139&lpg=PA139&dq=Same-sex+sexual+activity+legal++iraq+2003&source=bl&ots=YAb6dOt5c0&sig=CkFhMmyw8kl0l__T44QL9-MioqI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=16ODVNX1O8f-UICPgNgP&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=Same-sex%20sexual%20activity%20legal%20%20iraq%202003&f=false |
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Reports (2)
- Status is not correct "Article 394 still prohibits sodomy."
- Status is not correct
| Original entry | |
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| Status | Ambiguous |
| Start Date | Jul 19, 1969 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Even though Iraq's Criminal Code doesn't mention homosexuality in its penal code, Articles such as 400 in the penal code can be used against LGBT community. |
| Sources | http://law.case.edu/saddamtrial/documents/Iraqi_Penal_Code_1969.pdf |