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Consensual sex between same-sex couples if unlawful [R1.3].

Penal Code (Law No. 65-LF-24 of 12 November 1965 and law No. 67-LF-1 of 12 June 1967) as amended in 1972 provides –

Whoever has sexual relations with a person of the same sex shall be punished with imprisonment from six months to five years and fine of from 20,000 to 200,000 francs (unofficial translation) [R1.3].

The French text of article 347bis is reported to be:

Est puni d'un emprisonnement de six mois á cinq ans et d'une amende de 20.000 á 200.000 francs toute personne qui a des rapports sexuels avec une personne de son sexe [R1.3].

On 04 November 2010, the Human Rights Watch reported that Cameroonians suspected of having sexual relations with a person of the same sex were attacked by police, politicians, the media, and even their own communities [R1.2].

On 05 November 2009, the IGLHRC reported that a petition and memorandum in favour of the decriminalisation of homosexuality would be submitted to the National Assembly in the next few days [R1.1].

Courts & Tribunals

On 22 November 2011, three men, arrested for allegedly having oral sex in a car but whose lawyer says were arrested for looking female, were sentenced by the court in Yaoundé to five years prison and fined the maximum of 200,000 CFA francs (about $400; £260) [R2.2].

In February 2006, a court in Cameroon jailed two men for a year after they confessed to having gay sex [R2.1].