LGBT rights in Nauru
LGBT rights in Nauru | |
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Same-sex sexual intercourse legal status | Legal since 2016 |
Gender identity/expression | - |
Military service | Has no military |
Discrimination protections | No[1] |
Family rights | |
Recognition of relationships | No |
Adoption | No[2] |
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people living in Nauru face legal and social challenges not experienced by non-LGBT persons. Same-sex sexual activity has been legal since May 2016, but there are no legal recognition of same-sex unions, protections against discrimination, or other protections.
In 2011, Nauru signed the "joint statement on ending acts of violence and related human rights violations based on sexual orientation and gender identity" at the United Nations, condemning violence and discrimination against LGBT people.[3]
History
Same-sex sexual activity was criminalised in 1921 when the island adopted the Criminal Code of Queensland (the Criminal Code 1899), which was retained following Nauruan independence in 1968.
In January 2011, Mathew Batsiua, Minister for Health, Justice and Sports, stated that the decriminalisation of "homosexual activity between consenting adults" was "under active consideration".[4] In October 2011, the Nauruan Government pledged to decriminalise same-sex sexual acts.[5][6][7]
According to the United States Department of State, there were no reports in 2012 of prosecutions directed at LGBT persons.[8]
In May 2016, the Parliament of Nauru passed the Crimes Act 2016 which repealed the Criminal Code 1899 and therefore legalised same-sex sexual activity.[9][10][11][12][13]
Summary table
Same-sex sexual activity legal | |
Equal age of consent | |
Anti-discrimination laws in employment only | |
Anti-discrimination laws in the provision of goods and services | |
Anti-discrimination laws in all other areas (Incl. indirect discrimination, hate speech) | |
Same-sex marriages | |
Recognition of same-sex couples | |
Stepchild adoption by same-sex couples | |
Joint adoption by same-sex couples | |
LGBT people allowed to serve openly in the military | Has no military |
Right to change legal gender | |
Access to IVF for lesbians | |
Commercial surrogacy for gay male couples | |
MSMs allowed to donate blood |
See also
References
- 1 2 Nauru, one of the smallest countries in the world, decriminalizes gay sex
- ↑ "Nauru Government Stats". Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ↑ "Over 80 Nations Support Statement at Human Rights Council on LGBT Rights » US Mission Geneva". Geneva.usmission.gov.
- ↑ National Report of Nauru Archived 2015-12-08 at the Wayback Machine. to the Human Rights Council, November 2010
- ↑ "Nauru". Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ↑ "Draft report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review: Nauru" (PDF). Human Rights Council.
- ↑ "São Tomé and Príncipe to legalise gay sex". PinkPaper. 2011-02-14. Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2011-02-25.
- ↑ United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. "Refworld - 2012 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - Nauru". Refworld. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ↑ Nauru Government updates Criminal Code
- ↑ Nauru decriminalises homosexuality
- ↑ Homosexuality is now no longercriminalised on Nauru Archived 2016-05-28 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Crimes Act 2016
- ↑ Doherty, Ben (2016-05-29). "Nauru decriminalises homosexuality and suicide". the Guardian. Retrieved 2016-06-01.
External links
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Nauru. |