The article summarizes the data on the number of conversion therapy legal bans aimed at changing sexual orientation and gender identity in countries around the globe; the content and the form of such prohibitions, the scope of their action by territorial criterion and the nature of the prohibition itself are analyzed; the draft laws, which are intended to legalize such bans in the national and territorial regime are studied; the thematic case law of individual countries is partly examined; countries where conversion therapy is promoted and explicitly authorized by public authorities are considered. According to the results of the study of more than half a hundred legal documents, the information obtained is distributed and organized into the following categories: national and regional prohibition of conversion therapy, direct and non-direct prohibition of conversion therapy; ban in different parts of the world. The content highlights the characteristics of the existing prohibitions, such as the name of the delict; year of entry into force of the relevant legal act; prohibition of sexual orientation and/or gender identity activities; the circle of persons subjected to the prohibition; the circle of persons protected by the prohibition; peculiarities. The results of the study showed that there are currently 15 countries in the world (14 United Nations and 1 outside the United Nations) where conversion therapy is prohibited. Among them: 5 countries have direct nationwide bans; 6 countries have non-direct nationwide bans; 3 countries have direct regional bans; 1 country has an non-direct regional ban. Conversion therapy is prohibited in 6 countries in the Americas; 1 Asian country; 4 European countries; 4 Oceania countries.