Basse-Kotto is governed by federal Central African Republic law. Learn more
- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Banned
- Censorship
- ✖ Imprisonment as punishment
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Illegal
- Gender-Affirming Care
- ✖ Banned
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Hate Crime Protections
- Unknown
- Discrimination
- ✖ Illegal in some contexts
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- Unknown
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- ✖ Not banned
- Military
- ✖ Illegal
- Donating Blood
- ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- Unknown
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Homosexual activity in Basse-Kotto is legal.
Current status
Legal
The Central African Republic does not criminalize private and consensual homosexual sex.
However, the penal code does criminalize “public expression of love" between people of the same sex, yet does not do the same for sex between people of the opposite sex.
The punishment is six months to two years in prison or a fine of between 150,000 and 600,000 CFA francs ($300 and $1,200). When one of the participants is a child, the adult may be sentenced to two to five years' imprisonment or a fine of 100,000 to 800,000 CFA francs ($200 and $1,600).
However, the penal code does criminalize “public expression of love" between people of the same sex, yet does not do the same for sex between people of the opposite sex.
The punishment is six months to two years in prison or a fine of between 150,000 and 600,000 CFA francs ($300 and $1,200). When one of the participants is a child, the adult may be sentenced to two to five years' imprisonment or a fine of 100,000 to 800,000 CFA francs ($200 and $1,600).
Censorship of LGBT issues in Basse-Kotto is imprisonment as punishment.
Current status
Since Jan 6, 2010
Imprisonment as punishment
The penal code criminalizes "public expression of love" between persons of the same sex is imprisonment for six months to two years or a fine of between 150,000 and 600,000 CFA francs ($300 and $1,200). When one of the participants is a child, the adult may be sentenced to two to five years' imprisonment or a fine of 100,000 to 800,000 CFA francs ($200 and $1,600); however, there were no reports that police arrested or detained persons [in 2012] under these provisions.
Right to change legal gender in Basse-Kotto is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
There is no legal framework for legal gender change in Central African Republic.
Gender-affirming care in Basse-Kotto is banned.
Current status
Banned
Gender-Affirming Care in Central African Republic is banned
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Basse-Kotto is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized
As there is no legal framework to change one's legal gender in Central African Republic, non-binary identities are defacto not recognized.
Hate crime protections in Basse-Kotto is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
LGBT discrimination in Basse-Kotto is illegal in some contexts.
Current status
Since Jul 2016
Illegal in some contexts
There are some limited protections based on sexual orientation.
-Law 24,001 on the Protection of Personal Data protects "sexual orientation" as sensitive and personal data. Article 17 reads "Any processing of sensitive data is prohibited due to the risk of discrimination or infringement of personal freedoms."
-Standard 6 on Equity and Non-Discrimination of the Clinical Standards and Procedures for Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Reproductive Health Services (2016) states: "The healthcare facility provides quality services to all adolescents, regardless of their ability to pay, age, gender, marital status, level of education, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, or other characteristics."
-Law 24,001 on the Protection of Personal Data protects "sexual orientation" as sensitive and personal data. Article 17 reads "Any processing of sensitive data is prohibited due to the risk of discrimination or infringement of personal freedoms."
-Standard 6 on Equity and Non-Discrimination of the Clinical Standards and Procedures for Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Reproductive Health Services (2016) states: "The healthcare facility provides quality services to all adolescents, regardless of their ability to pay, age, gender, marital status, level of education, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, or other characteristics."
LGBT employment discrimination in Basse-Kotto is no protections.
Current status
No protections
In the Central African Republic, neither sexual orientation nor gender identity is a protected class from employment discrimination.
LGBT housing discrimination in Basse-Kotto is no protections.
Current status
No protections
In the Central African Republic, neither sexual orientation nor gender identity is a protected class from housing discrimination.
Intersex infant surgery in Basse-Kotto is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
There is no ban on surgeries performed on intersex infants in Central African Republic.
Serving openly in military in Basse-Kotto is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
LGBTIQ+ people are banned from serving in the Central African military.
Blood donations by MSMs in Basse-Kotto is banned (indefinite deferral).
Current status
Banned (indefinite deferral)
The US department of stat’s Human right’s record found that MSMs are not allowed to donate blood, however, this report was from 2012 so it may be outdated information
Conversion therapy in Basse-Kotto is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
Conversion therapy is legal and widespread in the Central African Republic.
Equal age of consent in Basse-Kotto is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
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