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Act to Protect against Conversion Treatments (Germany)

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Act to Protect against Conversion Treatments
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German Bundestag
  • Act to Protect against Conversion Treatments
    German: Gesetz zum Schutz vor Konversionsbehandlungen
Citation Gesetz zum Schutz vor Konversionsbehandlungen of 12 June 2020
Territorial extent Germany
Passed by German Bundestag
Passed7 May 2020
Passed by German Bundesrat
Passed5 June 2020
Signed by President Frank-Walter Steinmeier
Signed12 June 2020
Commenced24 June 2020
(5 years ago)
Legislative history
First chamber: German Bundestag
Introduced19 February 2020
First reading 6 March 2020
Second reading 7 May 2020
Third reading 7 May 2020
Second chamber: German Bundesrat
Received from the German Bundestag 15 May 2020
Passed5 June 2020
Summary
German federal law that makes conversion therapy a criminal offence
Status: In force

The Act to Protect against Conversion Treatments (German : Gesetz zum Schutz vor Konversionsbehandlungen) is a German federal law. It prohibits the use of conversion therapy on minors and adults who have not given their effective consent, and makes it a criminal offence. [1] Conversion therapies are defined as treatments "aimed at changing or suppressing sexual orientation or self-perceived gender identity", but not the treatment of "medically recognised disorders of sexual preference" or surgical and hormonal gender-affirming measures. [2]

Contents

Public advertising, offering and brokering conversion therapies is punishable as an administrative offence. Brokering conversion therapy for a minor is generally punishable as aiding and abetting the performance of the treatment in accordance with § 27 German Criminal Code in conjunction with § 5 of this Act if the brokered conversion therapy was performed. [3]

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared that Homosexuality and Transgender are not diseases and that there is no indication for therapy. Since 1991, homosexuality has no longer been listed as a mental disorder in the ICD-10 [4] , and Transsexual was removed from the chapter on mental disorders when the ICD-11 came into force in 2022. [5]

In 2013, the World Medical Association condemned conversion therapy as a violation of human rights that is incompatible with medical ethics. [6] The following year, the German Medical Assembly of the German Medical Association issued a warning about its negative health effects. [7]

Counselling service

The Act requires the Federal Institute of Public Health (BIÖG) to offer free and anonymous counselling. This is to be provided as a telephone and online counselling service for people affected by conversion therapy or their relatives, as well as for people in general who are dealing with issues of sexual orientation and gender identity. [8] It is provided via the website Liebesleben.de (see External links). [9]

References

  1. ↑ "Act to Protect against Conversion Treatments". bundesgesundheitsministerium.de. Federal Ministry of Health. 7 May 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2026.
  2. ↑ "Aktuelle Gesetzgebung – Familienrecht – FamRZ. „Gesetz zum Schutz vor Konversionsbehandlungen" beschlossen" [Current legislation – family law – FamRZ. "Act to Protect against Conversion Treatments" passed]. famrz.de (in German). 11 May 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2026.
  3. ↑ "Gesetzentwurf der Bundesregierung: Entwurf eines Gesetzes zum Schutz vor Konversionsbehandlungen" [Federal government bill: Draft Bill to Protect against Conversion Treatments](PDF). bundestag.de (in German). German Bundestag. 19 February 2020.
  4. ↑ "Homosexualität und Transgeschlechtlichkeit sind keine Krankheiten" [Neither homosexuality nor transgender identity is an illness] (in German). German Federal Chamber of Psychotherapists. 18 December 2019. Retrieved 13 February 2026.
  5. ↑ "Gender incongruence and transgender health in the ICD". who.int. World Health Organization . Retrieved 13 February 2026.
  6. ↑ "WMA - The World Medical Association-WMA Statement on Natural Variations of Human Sexuality". World Medical Association . Retrieved 13 February 2026.
  7. ↑ "Therapien zur „Heilung" von Homosexualität sollen verboten werden" [Therapies to ‘cure’ homosexuality to be banned]. bundesgesundheitsministerium.de (in German). Federal Ministry of Health . Retrieved 13 February 2026.
  8. ↑ "§ 4 KonvBG Einrichtung eines Beratungsangebots Gesetz zum Schutz vor Konversionsbehandlungen" [§ 4 KonvBG – Establishment of counselling services – Act to Protect against Conversion Treatments]. buzer.de (in German). Retrieved 13 February 2026.
  9. ↑ "Get advice!". liebesleben.de. Federal Institute of Public Health . Retrieved 13 February 2026.
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