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| Region | Rwanda |
| Issue | LGBT employment discrimination |
| Status | No protections |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | According to the ILGA World, discrimination on basis of sexual orientation or gender identity in employment is not explicitly banned. |
| Sources | https://ilga.org/downloads/ILGA_World_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_report_global_legislation_overview_update_December_2020.pdf (page 326) |
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| Value | (REMOVED) | No protections |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | No protections |
| Description | "All Rwandans are born and remain equal in rights and freedoms. General guarantee of equality Discrimination of any kind or its propaganda based on, inter alia, ethnic origin, family or ancestry, clan, skin colour or race, sex, region, economic categories, religion or faith, opinion, fortune, cultural differences, language, economic status, physical or mental disability or any other form of discrimination are prohibited and punishable by law." | According to the ILGA World, discrimination on basis of sexual orientation or gender identity in employment is not explicitly banned. |
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| Sources | https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Rwanda_2015.pdf?lang=en | https://ilga.org/downloads/ILGA_World_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_report_global_legislation_overview_update_December_2020.pdf (page 326) |
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| Value | Sexual orientation and gender identity | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | Sexual orientation and gender identity | Ambiguous |
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| Value | Sexual orientation only | Sexual orientation and gender identity |
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| Description | All Rwandans are born and remain equal in rights and freedoms. General guarantee of equality Discrimination of any kind or its propaganda based on, inter alia, ethnic origin, family or ancestry, clan, skin colour or race, sex, region, economic categories, religion or faith, opinion, fortune, cultural differences, language, economic status, physical or mental disability or any other form of discrimination are prohibited and punishable by law. | "All Rwandans are born and remain equal in rights and freedoms. General guarantee of equality Discrimination of any kind or its propaganda based on, inter alia, ethnic origin, family or ancestry, clan, skin colour or race, sex, region, economic categories, religion or faith, opinion, fortune, cultural differences, language, economic status, physical or mental disability or any other form of discrimination are prohibited and punishable by law." |
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Sexual orientation and gender identity |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | Sexual orientation and gender identity |
| Description | Sexual orientation only under the human rights institute. However Rwanda did sign the 2011 resolution for LGBT rights. | All Rwandans are born and remain equal in rights and freedoms. General guarantee of equality Discrimination of any kind or its propaganda based on, inter alia, ethnic origin, family or ancestry, clan, skin colour or race, sex, region, economic categories, religion or faith, opinion, fortune, cultural differences, language, economic status, physical or mental disability or any other form of discrimination are prohibited and punishable by law. |
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| Sources | http://ilga.org/downloads/2017/ILGA_WorldMap_ENGLISH_Protection_2017.pdf | https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Rwanda_2015.pdf?lang=en |
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| Description | Sexual orientation only under the human rights institute. | Sexual orientation only under the human rights institute. However Rwanda did sign the 2011 resolution for LGBT rights. |
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| Value | Sexual orientation only | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | Sexual orientation only | Ambiguous |
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| Value | No protections | Sexual orientation only |
| Start Date | Jan 1, 1980 | (unknown) |
| Description | No protections as far as I know of. | Sexual orientation only under the human rights institute. |
| Sources | No | http://ilga.org/downloads/2017/ILGA_WorldMap_ENGLISH_Protection_2017.pdf |
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| Value | Sexual orientation and gender identity | No protections |
| Description | No | No protections as far as I know of. |
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| Value | No protections | Sexual orientation and gender identity |