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| Region | Burundi |
| Issue | LGBT discrimination |
| Status | No protections |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | No protections available. The UPR has given Burundi many recommendations to legalize homosexuality and give protections from violence, but Burundi has not yet made these actions. |
| Sources | https://ilga.org/downloads/02_ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2016_ENG_WEB_150516.pdf |
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edited by Unknownmiles. Fixing stuff
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| Value | Illegal in some contexts | No protections |
| Start Date | Oct 24, 2001 | (unknown) |
| Description | Under the new Burundi new anti-discrimination. As well sexual orientation discrimination protection only through Human rights institute. | No protections available. The UPR has given Burundi many recommendations to legalize homosexuality and give protections from violence, but Burundi has not yet made these actions. |
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| Sources | www.irinnews.org https://ilga.org/downloads/02_ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2016_ENG_WEB_150516.pdf | https://ilga.org/downloads/02_ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2016_ENG_WEB_150516.pdf |
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| Description | Under the new Burundi new anti-discrimination. | Under the new Burundi new anti-discrimination. As well sexual orientation discrimination protection only through Human rights institute. |
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| Sources | www.irinnews.org | www.irinnews.org https://ilga.org/downloads/02_ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2016_ENG_WEB_150516.pdf |
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| Old Value (Original) | New Value | |
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| Value | No protections | Illegal in some contexts |
| Start Date | (unknown) | Oct 24, 2001 |
| Description | just criminalized in 2008 | Under the new Burundi new anti-discrimination. |
| Sources | No | www.irinnews.org |