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| Region | El Salvador |
| Issue | LGBT discrimination |
| Status | Illegal in some contexts |
| Start Date | Jan 1, 2009 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | The current legal measures against LGBT discrimination are only limited to the public administration. Protection against LGBT discrimination in: Health: Ministerial Agreement No. 202 (2009), Law 307 (2016). Public empleoyment: Decree No. 56 (2010). Clinical practice for students: Law 227 (2019) Education: Law 431 (2022). Hate crime law includes sexual orientation and gender identity. |
| Sources | https://database.ilga.org/el-salvador-lgbti https://database.ilga.org/api/downloader/download/1/SV%20-%20EXE%20-%20Acuerdo%20Ministerial%20No.%20202%20(2009)%20-%20OR-OFF(es).pdf https://www.jurisprudencia.gob.sv/busqueda/showFile.php?bd=2&data=DocumentosBoveda%2FD%2F2%2F2020-2029%2F2022%2F06%2FF0E57.PDF&number=986711&fecha=22/06/2022&numero=LEY=CRECER=JUNTOS=PARA=LA=PROTECCION=INTEGRAL=DE=LA=PRIMERA=INFANCIA,=NI%C3%91EZ=Y=ADOLESCENCIA&cesta=0&singlePage=false%27 https://www.washingtonblade.com/2015/09/09/el-salvador-lawmakers-approve-enhanced-hate-crime-penalties/ https://web.archive.org/web/20180504200434/https://www.asamblea.gob.sv/sites/default/files/documents/decretos/C0AB56F8-AF37-4F25-AD90-08AE401C0BA7.pdf (pages 34, 44) |
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| Value | Illegal | Illegal in some contexts |
| Start Date | 2015 | Jan 1, 2009 |
| Description | Hate crime law includes sexual orientation and gender identity is banned such as housing, employment and other discimination | The current legal measures against LGBT discrimination are only limited to the public administration. Protection against LGBT discrimination in: Health: Ministerial Agreement No. 202 (2009), Law 307 (2016). Public empleoyment: Decree No. 56 (2010). Clinical practice for students: Law 227 (2019) Education: Law 431 (2022). Hate crime law includes sexual orientation and gender identity. |
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| Sources | https://www.washingtonblade.com/2015/09/09/el-salvador-lawmakers-approve-enhanced-hate-crime-penalties/ https://web.archive.org/web/20180504200434/https://www.asamblea.gob.sv/sites/default/files/documents/decretos/C0AB56F8-AF37-4F25-AD90-08AE401C0BA7.pdf (pages 34, 44) | https://database.ilga.org/el-salvador-lgbti https://database.ilga.org/api/downloader/download/1/SV%20-%20EXE%20-%20Acuerdo%20Ministerial%20No.%20202%20(2009)%20-%20OR-OFF(es).pdf https://www.jurisprudencia.gob.sv/busqueda/showFile.php?bd=2&data=DocumentosBoveda%2FD%2F2%2F2020-2029%2F2022%2F06%2FF0E57.PDF&number=986711&fecha=22/06/2022&numero=LEY=CRECER=JUNTOS=PARA=LA=PROTECCION=INTEGRAL=DE=LA=PRIMERA=INFANCIA,=NI%C3%91EZ=Y=ADOLESCENCIA&cesta=0&singlePage=false%27 https://www.washingtonblade.com/2015/09/09/el-salvador-lawmakers-approve-enhanced-hate-crime-penalties/ https://web.archive.org/web/20180504200434/https://www.asamblea.gob.sv/sites/default/files/documents/decretos/C0AB56F8-AF37-4F25-AD90-08AE401C0BA7.pdf (pages 34, 44) |
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| Value | Illegal in some contexts | Illegal |
| Description | In 2015, the Salvadoran Parliament passed a law adding sexual orientation and gender identity to the Criminal Code's hate crime provisions. The Code provides a penalty of between three and six years imprisonment for those who commit a crime based on the victim's race, ethnicity, political affiliation, sexual orientation or gender identity. | Hate crime law includes sexual orientation and gender identity is banned such as housing, employment and other discimination |
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edited by Notdog1996. Fixing dates
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| End Date | 2018 | (none) |
| Original entry | |
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| Status | Illegal in some contexts |
| Start Date | 2015 |
| End Date | 2018 |
| Description | In 2015, the Salvadoran Parliament passed a law adding sexual orientation and gender identity to the Criminal Code's hate crime provisions. The Code provides a penalty of between three and six years imprisonment for those who commit a crime based on the victim's race, ethnicity, political affiliation, sexual orientation or gender identity. |
| Sources | https://www.washingtonblade.com/2015/09/09/el-salvador-lawmakers-approve-enhanced-hate-crime-penalties/ https://web.archive.org/web/20180504200434/https://www.asamblea.gob.sv/sites/default/files/documents/decretos/C0AB56F8-AF37-4F25-AD90-08AE401C0BA7.pdf (pages 34, 44) |