2013-11-04
Fråga-svar
Guinea Bissau. Diskriminering på grund av sexuell läggning
Fråga:
Förekommer det diskriminering på grund av sexuell läggning?
Svar:
Sammaställning av information från olika källor
Landguiden (2013):
”Det finns inga lagar som inskränker människors
rättigheter på grund av sexuell läggning, men det finns ett
socialt tabu kring ämnet. 2008 var dock Guinea-Bissau
ett av 66 länder som röstade för en FN-deklaration om att
avkriminalisera homosexualitet.”
U.S Department of State (2012):
“There are no laws that criminalize sexual orientation.
Antidiscrimination laws do not apply to lesbian, gay,
bisexual, and transgender individuals. There were no
reported violent incidents or other human rights abuses
targeting individuals based on their sexual orientation or
identity. There was no official discrimination based on
sexual orientation or gender identity in employment or
access to education and health care. However, according
to government guidelines for civil servants’ housing
allowances, only heterosexual married couples were
entitled to family-size housing, while same-sex couples
received the single person allotment. Social taboos
against homosexuality sometimes restricted freedom to
express sexual orientation, yet society was relatively
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tolerant of consensual same-sex conduct, according to a
2010 study by the Pew Research Center.” (kap.
Societal Abuses, Discrimination, and Acts of Violence
Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity)
The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
(ILGA) (2012):
“In March 2011, at the second recall at the United
Nations Assembly in Geneva on the Joint declaration to
decriminalize homosexuality, the number of African
countries who signed rose from six to eleven including
Gabon, Sao Tome and Principe, Mauritius, Central Africa
Republic, Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, Angola, South
Africa, Seychelles, Rwanda and Sierra Leone, thirteen
countries abstained and twenty-eight opposed Joint
Statement on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
(SOGI).” (s. 22)
U.S Department of State (2009):
“There was no freedom of sexual orientation. Gay men
and lesbians were afraid to be open in their behavior.
There are no laws that criminalize sexual orientation, and
there were no violent incidents or human rights abuses
targeting individuals based on their sexual orientation or
identity. There was no official or societal discrimination
based on sexual orientation or gender identity in
employment, housing, or access to education and health
care.”
--There was open discussion of HIV/AIDS and no societal
violence or discrimination against persons with
HIV/AIDS.”
GlobalGayz (2012):
” The two former Portuguese colonies of Guinea-Bissau
and Mozambique are also relatively tolerant of
homosexuality.”
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Refererade dokument bör läsas i sitt sammanhang.
Källförteckning
The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
(ILGA), State-sponsored Homophobia - A world survey of laws
criminalising same-sex sexual acts between consenting adults, 2012-05,
http://www.ecoi.net/file_upload/90_1340782871_2012-05-ilga-statesponsored-homophobia-2012.pdf (Hämtad 2013-11-01)
GlobalGayz, Gay Guinea –Bissau, 2012-02-16,
http://www.globalgayz.com/gay-guinea-bissau/2049/ (Hämtad 2013-11-01)
Landguiden, 2013- 08-19,
http://www.landguiden.se/Lander/Afrika/GuineaBissau/SocialaForhallanden (Hämtad 2013-11-04)
U.S Department of State, Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2012 Guinea-Bissau, 2013-04-13,
http://www.ecoi.net/local_link/245089/355013_en.html (Hämtad 2013-1104)
U.S Department of State, 2009 Human Rights Report: Guinea-Bissau, 2010-03-11,
http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2009/af/135958.htm (Hämtad 2013-1104)
