Savanes is governed by federal Côte d’Ivoire law. Learn more
- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Banned
- Censorship
- Ambiguous
- Changing Gender
- Ambiguous
- Gender-Affirming Care
- ✖ Restricted
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Single only
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- ✖ Not banned
- Military
- ✖ Don't Ask, Don't Tell
- Donating Blood
- ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✖ Unequal
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Homosexual activity in Savanes is legal.
Current status
Legal
Homosexual acts are legal.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Savanes is ambiguous.
Current status
Since Jun 26, 2019
Ambiguous
The Penal Code of Cote d'Ivoire of 2019 removed explicit mentions of same-sex activity in Article 360 but there are still excerpts of the code that could be used to censor LGBTIQ+ topics in practice.
Imprisonment as punishment
The 1981 Penal Code of Cote d'Ivoire contained Article 360, which gives a penalty of three months to two years imprisonment for "acts of outrage to public decency". The code also contained a clause stating that if it was an "improper or unnatural act with a person of the same sex", the sentence would be imprisonment from six months to two years instead.
There was no information as to whether it was used to persecute LGBTIQ+ people in practice but the explicit provision was removed in the 2019 Penal Code.
There was no information as to whether it was used to persecute LGBTIQ+ people in practice but the explicit provision was removed in the 2019 Penal Code.
Right to change legal gender in Savanes is ambiguous.
Current status
Since Jan 1, 2018
Ambiguous
Both the repealed Civil Status Law (1964) and its replacement, the Law Relating to Civil Status (Law No. 2018-862) (2018) indicate in Chapter 7 that the President of the Abidjan Court of First Instance has the authority to order the "rectification of civil status records" when petitioned by an applicant or by a public prosecutor. The legislation does not specify what data may be changed and under what circumstances, so it is unclear whether trans and gender-diverse persons would be permitted to make amendments thereunder. Any amendments made must be noted in the records of the Civil Registry.
Gender-affirming care in Savanes is restricted.
Current status
Restricted
In Ivory Coast, medical transitions between the sexes are limited.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Savanes is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized
No legal recognition.
LGBT discrimination in Savanes is no protections.
Current status
No protections under federal Côte d’Ivoire law
There are no protections from discrimination provided to LGBTIQ+ people in Cote d'Ivoire.
LGBT employment discrimination in Savanes is no protections.
Current status
No protections
No protections
LGBT housing discrimination in Savanes is no protections.
Current status
No protections
No protections
Intersex infant surgery in Savanes is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
There is no ban on surgeries performed on intersex infants in Côte d'Ivoire.
Serving openly in military in Savanes is don't ask, don't tell.
Current status
Don't Ask, Don't Tell
Blood donations by MSMs in Savanes is banned (indefinite deferral).
Current status
Banned (indefinite deferral)
Permanent deferral for homosexual and bisexual people.
Conversion therapy in Savanes is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
Conversion therapy is not banned.
Equal age of consent in Savanes is unequal.
Current status
Unequal
The age of consent for heterosexual sex is 15, while for homosexual sex it is 18.
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