In Mali, a law criminalizing homosexuality was adopted on Thursday October 31, 2024 by the National Transition Council (CNT). The Minister of Justice, Mamadou Kassogue, declared that from now on “ Any person engaging in this practice, promoting or advocating it, will be prosecuted. “.
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The draft penal code and the penal procedure code, which includes the criminalization of homosexuality in Mali, were adopted by the members of the CNT with 132 votes for and 1 against. Commenting on the news, the Malian Minister of Justice told the press: “ We will not accept that our customs and values are violated by people from elsewhere “.
In his remarks, Minister Mamadou Kassogué wanted to be more precise: “ Any person engaging in the practice of homosexuality, promoting or apologizing for it, will be prosecuted. “. The press was unable this Saturday to obtain the new penal code in which appears this ban on homosexuality on the national territory. The exact details of the sentences are therefore not yet known.
According to a Malian judicial source, in reality, legally, in the new penal code, homosexuality is not yet established as an independent offense. The reason is simple, continues our interlocutor: Mali has not yet left the various treaties and pacts which protect civil rights.
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