Tag: decrimination
Lebanon is getting closer to decriminalising homosexuality
A judge in Lebanon has conceded that homosexuality should not be illegal in a landmark case that may change the future of LGBT people living in the country.
Judge Rabih Maalouf declared that “homosexuality is a personal choice, and not a punishable offence” in the ruling which referenced Article 183.
The article states that “An act undertaken in exercise of a right without abuse shall not be regarded as an offence.”
The ruling contradicts that homosexuality is illegal under Article 534 which...
