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Homosexual Relations in the Penal Codes: General Study Regarding the Laws in the Arab Countries with a Report on Lebanon and Tunisia

Publisher: HELEM
Author: Doctor Wahid Al Farchichi: Law Professor at the Tunisian University Professor Nizar Saghiyeh: Lawyer and Independant Law Researcher
Type: Report
Date: 2009
Keywords: Law, Homosexuality, Prosecution
Location in CRTDA: http://daleel-madani.org/sites/default/files/HelemStudy.pdf
The primary aim of this research is to study the manner of legal prosecution of consensual homosexual relations between adults. While the spread of homosexual scenes in many areas of Lebanon, including nightclubs and gathering places, suggest broad tolerance, Article 534, aiming to punish sexual intercourse contrary to nature, remains a living text according to court records, affecting, selectively and from time to time, a specific number of people as if we are suddenly in another country. The presence of this feeling is increased by the fact that these cases remain, to a large extent, hidden and away from public discourse, and do not face any criticism, opposition, or commentary. Calls to remove Article 534 from the books remains largely a matter of principle calling for the recognition of homosexuals and personal freedoms, without being supported by a factual study of the actual consequences caused by the implementation of this article.

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