While many countries that criminalize homosexuality have reputations as repressive regimes, others are popular tourist destinations with Americans unaware of the human-rights violations going on beyond their resort walls. member nations, Palestine and the Cook Islands, as well as Indonesia, "where a large province and some cities outlaw homosexual acts."Īn Indonesian man is caned in public from an executor known as 'algojo' for having gay sex, which is against Sharia law on in Banda Aceh, Indonesia.
The activist site 76 Crimes adds two non-U.N. member States that still criminalize consensual same-sex sexual acts. "Criminalization creates an incentive for persecution."Īccording to ILGA, an international lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex advocacy group, there are 70 U.N. independent expert Victor Madrigal-Borloz. "There is no room to argue for legal justification of criminalization of same-sex relations," said U.N. While the number of places where it is a capital offense is small, in many places those convicted can face fines, jail time, lashings and even life imprisonment.Įven if the laws are not strictly enforced in a given country, they're routinely used to threaten and discriminate against LGBTQ citizens. The news has sparked international outrage, and calls for a boycott of the Brunei-owned Dorchester Hotel chain, but it has also shined a spotlight on the reality that homosexuality and gender-nonconforming identities remains illegal in dozens of countries all over the world. This week, the kingdom of Brunei enacted draconian laws that penalize same-sex relations and adultery with death by stoning.
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