- Homosexuality⚢✖ Illegal (death penalty as punishment)
- Marriage⚭✖ Not legal
- Changing Gender✔ Legal, surgery not required
- Adoption✖ Illegal
- Discrimination✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination✖ No protections
- Military✖ Illegal
- Age of Consent✖ Unequal
- Donating Blood✔ Legal
- Conversion TherapyAmbiguous
History
Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
2 years in prison and fine and stoning. Legal in some states. death penalty rarely enforced. Changes pending.
Current status
(since Jul 9, 1983)
(since Jul 9, 1983)
Illegal (death penalty as punishment)
Male homosexuality is punishable by stoning; female homosexuality is punishable by fines or imprisonments
Current status
Legal, surgery not required
Missing non binary options on documents.
Current status
(since Jul 12, 1991)
(since Jul 12, 1991)
No protections
No
Current status
(since Jul 12, 1991)
(since Jul 12, 1991)
No protections
No protection is granted as homosexuality still carries a death sentence.
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Alternative names: Muritaniya/Mauritanie (local name)
