Current Version
| Region | British Virgin Islands |
| Issue | LGBT housing discrimination |
| Status | Sexual orientation only |
| Start Date | Jun 15, 2007 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Chapter 2, Article 9 of the BVI constitution Whereas every person in the Virgin Islands is entitled to the fundamental rights and freedoms of the individual; Whereas those fundamental rights and freedoms are enjoyed without distinction of any kind, such as sex, race, colour, language, religion, political or other opinion, national, ethnic or social origin, association with a national minority, property, family relations, economic status, disability, age, birth, sexual orientation, marital or other status, subject only to prescribed limitations; Whereas it is recognised that those fundamental rights and freedoms apply, subject to respect for the rights and freedoms of others and for the public interest, to each and all of the following, namely— (a) life, equality, liberty, security of the person and the protection of the law; (b) freedom of conscience, expression, movement, assembly and association; and (c) protection for private and family life, the privacy of the home and other property and from deprivation of property save in the public interest and on payment of fair compensation; |
| Sources | https://bvi.gov.vg/sites/default/files/constitution.pdf |
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| Status | Sexual orientation only |
| Start Date | Jun 15, 2007 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Chapter 2, Article 9 of the BVI constitution Whereas every person in the Virgin Islands is entitled to the fundamental rights and freedoms of the individual; Whereas those fundamental rights and freedoms are enjoyed without distinction of any kind, such as sex, race, colour, language, religion, political or other opinion, national, ethnic or social origin, association with a national minority, property, family relations, economic status, disability, age, birth, sexual orientation, marital or other status, subject only to prescribed limitations; Whereas it is recognised that those fundamental rights and freedoms apply, subject to respect for the rights and freedoms of others and for the public interest, to each and all of the following, namely— (a) life, equality, liberty, security of the person and the protection of the law; (b) freedom of conscience, expression, movement, assembly and association; and (c) protection for private and family life, the privacy of the home and other property and from deprivation of property save in the public interest and on payment of fair compensation; |
| Sources | https://bvi.gov.vg/sites/default/files/constitution.pdf |