Countries
Caribbean and the Americas
Bahamas
- Maintains discriminatory age of consent
Life imprisonment
Paraguay
- Maintains discriminatory age of consent
Two years and a fine
Trinidad & Tobago
- Maintains discriminatory age of consent
Unclear
Africa
Congo
- Maintains discriminatory age of consent
Three years and a fine
Côte d’Ivoire
- Maintains discriminatory age of consent
Five years imprisonment and a fine
Madagascar
- Maintains discriminatory age of consent
Five years and a fine
Niger
- Maintains discriminatory age of consent
Three years and a fine
Asia
Indonesia
- Criminalises LGBT people
- Criminalises sexual activity between males
- Criminalises sexual activity between females
- Criminalises the gender expression of trans people
- Maintains discriminatory age of consent
Eight years imprisonment and 100 lashes
More infoPacific
Vanuatu
- Maintains discriminatory age of consent
Two years
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