Current Version
| Region | Mauritius |
| Issue | Homosexual activity |
| Status | Legal |
| Start Date | Oct 4, 2023 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Five members of the LGBT community won their case before the Supreme Court on Wednesday, October 4, 2023. In an initial verdict by Justices David Chan Kan Cheong and Karuna Devi Gunesh-Balaghee, they ruled that section 250(1) of the Penal Code, which seeks to criminalise sodomy, is discriminatory and unconstitutional. This, insofar as it prohibits consensual sodomy between consenting male adults. |
| Sources | https://defimedia.info/cour-supreme-criminaliser-la-sodomie-consensuelle-entre-adultes-est-anticonstitutionnel |
Revision History (1)
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| Status | Legal |
| Start Date | Oct 4, 2023 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Five members of the LGBT community won their case before the Supreme Court on Wednesday, October 4, 2023. In an initial verdict by Justices David Chan Kan Cheong and Karuna Devi Gunesh-Balaghee, they ruled that section 250(1) of the Penal Code, which seeks to criminalise sodomy, is discriminatory and unconstitutional. This, insofar as it prohibits consensual sodomy between consenting male adults. |
| Sources | https://defimedia.info/cour-supreme-criminaliser-la-sodomie-consensuelle-entre-adultes-est-anticonstitutionnel |