Current Version
| Region | Grenada |
| Issue | LGBT discrimination |
| Status | Illegal in some contexts |
| Start Date | Jan 6, 2013 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Grenada has provides some protections against LGBTQ+ discrimination since 2013 with their implementations of hate crime protections. In 2020, The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court Rules included sexual orientation as an "exceptionally serious" category, and in 2021, it expanded to gender identity. |
| Sources | https://www.oas.org/juridico/PDFs/mesicic4_grd_code.pdf https://cms.eccourts.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Practice-Direction-on-Sentencing-for-the-Offence-of-Murder-for-the-ECSC.pdf https://cms.eccourts.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Homicide-Offences.pdf |
Revision History (8)
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| Value | No protections | Illegal in some contexts |
| Start Date | (unknown) | Jan 6, 2013 |
| Description | No law expressly prohibits discrimination in general terms based on sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. | Grenada has provides some protections against LGBTQ+ discrimination since 2013 with their implementations of hate crime protections. In 2020, The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court Rules included sexual orientation as an "exceptionally serious" category, and in 2021, it expanded to gender identity. |
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| Sources | https://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/Res/TAHR%20KAli%20Grenada%20UPR%20LGBTQ%20final.pdf https://freedomhouse.org/country/grenada/freedom-world/2023 | https://www.oas.org/juridico/PDFs/mesicic4_grd_code.pdf https://cms.eccourts.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Practice-Direction-on-Sentencing-for-the-Offence-of-Murder-for-the-ECSC.pdf https://cms.eccourts.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Homicide-Offences.pdf |
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| Old Value | New Value | |
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| Value | Illegal in some contexts | No protections |
| Start Date | Jan 7, 2013 | (unknown) |
| Description | The Code for Prosecutors (2013) provides that if a crime is motivated by any form of discrimination or hostility against the victim's sexual orientation or gender identity, the prosecution of the crime is more likely to be "in the public interest." | No law expressly prohibits discrimination in general terms based on sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. |
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| Sources | http://www.oas.org/juridico/PDFs/mesicic4_grd_code.pdf | https://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/Res/TAHR%20KAli%20Grenada%20UPR%20LGBTQ%20final.pdf https://freedomhouse.org/country/grenada/freedom-world/2023 |
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edited by DaisyGeekyTrans. Replacing ILGA source.
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0 | Old Value | New Value | |
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| Start Date | 2013 | Jan 7, 2013 |
| Sources | https://database.ilga.org/api/downloader/download/1/GD%20-%20JUD%20-%20Code%20for%20Prosecutors%20(2013)%20-%20OR-OFF(en).pdf | http://www.oas.org/juridico/PDFs/mesicic4_grd_code.pdf |
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| Start Date | (unknown) | 2013 |
| Description | Under sex discrimination protections. | The Code for Prosecutors (2013) provides that if a crime is motivated by any form of discrimination or hostility against the victim's sexual orientation or gender identity, the prosecution of the crime is more likely to be "in the public interest." |
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| Sources | https://database.ilga.org/api/downloader/download/1/GD%20-%20JUD%20-%20Code%20for%20Prosecutors%20(2013)%20-%20OR-OFF(en).pdf | |
| Old Value | New Value | |
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| Description | No housing discrimination protections. | Under sex discrimination protections. |
| Sources | No |
| Old Value | New Value | |
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| Description | Under sex discrimination protections. | No housing discrimination protections. |
| Old Value (Original) | New Value | |
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| Value | No protections | Illegal in some contexts |
| Description | No | Under sex discrimination protections. |