Document #1118004
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
Information on the above-mentioned subjects
could not be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB.
However, for a copy of article 157 of the penal code, which refers
to involuntary homosexual relations, please refer to the
attachment. This information may be of interest. Information as to
whether article 157 of the 1987 penal code is still in force could
not be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB.
This Response was prepared after
researching publicly accessible information currently available to
the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does
not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular
claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of
sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
Ministry of Justice, Bulgaria. 1987.
State Gazette, "Penal Code," Sophia: Ministry of Justice,
pp. 37-39.
Amnesty International Report.
Yearly.
DIRB Country file on Bulgaria.
Human Rights Watch World Report.
Yearly.
News from Helsinki Watch [New
York]. Monthly.
RFE/RL Research Reports [Munich].
Weekly.
Uncaptive Minds [New York].
Quarterly.
On-line search of media sources.
Oral sources.