Entry #13431: Same-sex adoption in Mali

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RegionMali
IssueSame-sex adoption
StatusIllegal
Start DateDec 2, 2011
End Date(none)
DescriptionIncluded in Article 522 of Mali’s people and family code is a ban on adoption by gay people. This part of the article when translated to English reads: “ Under no circumstances is a homosexual allowed to adopt a child under any regime whatsoever.”
Sourceshttps://data.unicef.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/mali-code-2011-personnes-famille-2.pdf


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Original entry
StatusIllegal
Start DateDec 2, 2011
End Date(none)
DescriptionIncluded in Article 522 of Mali’s people and family code is a ban on adoption by gay people. This part of the article when translated to English reads: “ Under no circumstances is a homosexual allowed to adopt a child under any regime whatsoever.”
Sourceshttps://data.unicef.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/mali-code-2011-personnes-famille-2.pdf