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| Region | Fiji |
| Issue | Conversion therapy |
| Status | Sexual orientation only |
| Start Date | 2010 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Section 3(1)(d) of the Mental Health Act (Decree No. 54) (2010) states that expressing, refusing, or failing to express a specific sexual preference or sexual orientation should not be grounds for considering someone mentally ill. While this doesn't outright ban "conversion therapy," it does legally prohibit health professionals, especially psychiatrists, from engaging in it. |
| Sources | https://database.ilga.org/fiji-lgbti |
Revision History (7)
edited by Unknownmiles. fixing the date, the link, the description, and the status
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| Value | Banned | Sexual orientation only |
| Start Date | Mar 6, 2015 | 2010 |
| Description | No information. | Section 3(1)(d) of the Mental Health Act (Decree No. 54) (2010) states that expressing, refusing, or failing to express a specific sexual preference or sexual orientation should not be grounds for considering someone mentally ill. While this doesn't outright ban "conversion therapy," it does legally prohibit health professionals, especially psychiatrists, from engaging in it. |
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| Sources | https://ilga.org/downloads/2017/ILGA_WorldMap_ENGLISH_Overview_2017.pdf | https://database.ilga.org/fiji-lgbti |
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| Sources | No | https://ilga.org/downloads/2017/ILGA_WorldMap_ENGLISH_Overview_2017.pdf |
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Not banned |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | Not banned |
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| Value | Not banned | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | Not banned | Ambiguous |
| Description | No | No information. |