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| Region | Côte d’Ivoire |
| Issue | Homosexual activity |
| Status | Legal |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Homosexuality has never been criminalized in Côte d’Ivoire because, under the French penal code during the colonial period, sodomy was not criminalized. To this day, it has not been criminalized by successive governments |
| Sources | https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/cote-divoire/ https://assets.website-files.com/62580e2b314402785e8f0a4d/6273dc4ebea8ae4145c406cb_Ivory%20Coast%20%5BEN%5D.pdf |
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edited by UnknownMiles. Fixing description
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| Description | Homosexuality has not been criminalised in Côte d'Ivoire because when they were governed by the French penal code as a French colony, sodomy was not criminalised, and to this day it has not been criminalised by successive governments. However, the penal code imposes a higher punishment on homosexual sexual activity in public than heterosexual. | Homosexuality has never been criminalized in Côte d’Ivoire because, under the French penal code during the colonial period, sodomy was not criminalized. To this day, it has not been criminalized by successive governments |
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| Sources | http://old.ilga.org/Statehomophobia/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2013.pdf https://assets.website-files.com/62580e2b314402785e8f0a4d/6273dc4ebea8ae4145c406cb_Ivory%20Coast%20%5BEN%5D.pdf | https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/cote-divoire/ https://assets.website-files.com/62580e2b314402785e8f0a4d/6273dc4ebea8ae4145c406cb_Ivory%20Coast%20%5BEN%5D.pdf |
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edited by jadeywadey. improved sources and desc
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| Description | Homosexual acts are legal. | Homosexuality has not been criminalised in Côte d'Ivoire because when they were governed by the French penal code as a French colony, sodomy was not criminalised, and to this day it has not been criminalised by successive governments. However, the penal code imposes a higher punishment on homosexual sexual activity in public than heterosexual. |
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edited by Pizzaslices412653. No laws criminalizing homosexuality.
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Legal |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | Legal |
| Description | Homosexual acts are legal themselves but can be punished when in public | Homosexual acts are legal. |
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- Newer law has been passed
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| Value | Legal | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | Legal | Ambiguous |
| Description | Homosexual acts are legal themselves but can be punished when in public | |
| Sources | http://old.ilga.org/Statehomophobia/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2013.pdf | http://old.ilga.org/Statehomophobia/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2013.pdf https://assets.website-files.com/62580e2b314402785e8f0a4d/6273dc4ebea8ae4145c406cb_Ivory%20Coast%20%5BEN%5D.pdf |
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created by murrayhawthorne
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| Status | Legal |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | (empty) |
| Sources | http://old.ilga.org/Statehomophobia/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2013.pdf |
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- Status is not correct "You don't know a thing about CI. Get lost!"