Iraq مؤشر السفر للمثليين 2026
النتيجة = قانوني 10/60 + المشهد 0/40 = 10/100 · thin scene coverage — legal-weighted provisional score
Updated 15 Oct 2026 · release 2026.3.
A live score, not an annual report — it recomputes as laws, rulings and the scene itself change. See what moved in 2026.
الأمان القانوني · Legal milestones · المشهد على الأرض · الأسئلة الشائعة
العلاقات المثلية مجرَّمة أو مقموعة بشكل نشط هنا. راجع إرشادات السفر الصادرة عن حكومتك قبل أي رحلة؛ هذه الصفحة للمعلومات فقط وليست توصية بالسفر.
الأمان القانوني — 10/60 نقاط
| التجريم | Criminalized (2024 law) |
|---|---|
| الشراكة | ● لا not recognised |
| مناهضة التمييز | ● لا |
| الاعتراف بالجندر | Not possible — no legal gender recognition |
| الواقع التنفيذي | Active enforcement — arrests and prosecutions continue |
Research note: April 2024 law; prosecutions and arrests documented HRW — GayOut Index 2026.3 legal research (ILGA World / Human Dignity Trust / Rainbow Europe / Equaldex).
Legal composite, five components
Fulfilment per component (100 = maximum). Weights: criminalisation 35% · partnership 20% · enforcement 20% · anti-discrimination 15% · gender recognition 10%.
Legal milestones
Background, not travel advice — how the current status came to be. For planning a trip, rely on the current score, tier and scene sections above; 2026 movements are tracked in the sourced change log.
- 1969Iraq's penal code did not explicitly criminalize consensual same-sex relations between adults. ↗
- 2003After the invasion, the Coalition Provisional Authority restored the 1969 code, leaving same-sex relations without explicit criminalization. ↗
- 2009Militias waged killing campaigns against men perceived as gay, with violence peaking through 2012 and going unpunished. ↗
- 2024Parliament criminalized same-sex relations with up to 15 years in prison, plus penalties for 'promoting homosexuality' and gender-affirming surgery. ↗
- TodaySame-sex relations were explicitly illegal, and LGBTQ Iraqis faced imprisonment, militia violence and honor killings with no legal protection. ↗
Sources: ILGA World · Human Dignity Trust · Equaldex. כל אבן דרך מקושרת למקור עיון ↗.
المشهد على الأرض — 0/40 نقاط
Detailed scene metrics (for researchers)
| حانات مثلية لكل مليون | — |
|---|---|
| ساونات لكل مليون | — |
| فعاليات لكل مليون | 0 |
| درجة التغطية | — |
| نتيجة المشهد | 0/40 (مؤشر المشهد الخام 0/100) |
الأسئلة الشائعة
هل Iraq آمنة للمسافرين المثليين؟
Iraq is rated High risk on the GayOut Gay Travel Index 2026: same-sex intimacy is criminalized or actively repressed. Its legal safety component is 10/60. On enforcement reality, arrests and prosecutions continue.
هل زواج المثليين قانوني في Iraq؟
No. Same-sex marriage is not legal in Iraq. Overall legal status: Criminalized (2024 law).
هل يوجد مشهد مثلي في Iraq؟
GayOut currently lists no LGBTQ+ venues in Iraq, so any gay scene is limited, informal or not publicly documented.