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| Region | Panama |
| Issue | LGBT employment discrimination |
| Status | No protections |
| Start Date | Feb 14, 2018 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | There are no laws protecting LGBT people from discrimination in employment. The Anti-discrimination law (Law No. 7 2018) does not explicity include sexual orientation and gender identity as protected categories. |
| Sources | https://www.up.ac.pa/sites/default/files/transparencia/Ley%207-14Febrero2018.pdf |
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Revision History (9)
edited by PersianArchitecture. Adding date law came into effect
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| Start Date | (unknown) | Feb 14, 2018 |
edited by PersianArchitecture. Erasing dead sources and ILGA source
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| Description | There are no laws protecting LGBT people from discrimination in employment. | There are no laws protecting LGBT people from discrimination in employment. The Anti-discrimination law (Law No. 7 2018) does not explicity include sexual orientation and gender identity as protected categories. |
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| Sources | https://database.ilga.org/panama-lgbti https://www.up.ac.pa/sites/default/files/transparencia/Ley%207-14Febrero2018.pdf https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/population/womenrights/panama.women.02.pdf http://ilga.org/downloads/2017/ILGA_WorldMap_ENGLISH_Protection_2017.pdf | https://www.up.ac.pa/sites/default/files/transparencia/Ley%207-14Febrero2018.pdf |
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| Value | Sexual orientation only | No protections |
| Start Date | May 16, 2017 | (unknown) |
| Description | Only for sexual orientation. Under the revision of the employment law. As well discrimination protection through human rights institute. Full employment discrimination protections pending. | There are no laws protecting LGBT people from discrimination in employment. |
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| Sources | https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/population/womenrights/panama.women.02.pdf http://ilga.org/downloads/2017/ILGA_WorldMap_ENGLISH_Protection_2017.pdf | https://database.ilga.org/panama-lgbti https://www.up.ac.pa/sites/default/files/transparencia/Ley%207-14Febrero2018.pdf https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/population/womenrights/panama.women.02.pdf http://ilga.org/downloads/2017/ILGA_WorldMap_ENGLISH_Protection_2017.pdf |
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| Description | Only for sexual orientation. Under the revision of the employment law. As well discrimination protection through human rights institute. | Only for sexual orientation. Under the revision of the employment law. As well discrimination protection through human rights institute. Full employment discrimination protections pending. |
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| Description | Only for sexual orientation. | Only for sexual orientation. Under the revision of the employment law. As well discrimination protection through human rights institute. |
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| Sources | https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/population/womenrights/panama.women.02.pdf | https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/population/womenrights/panama.women.02.pdf http://ilga.org/downloads/2017/ILGA_WorldMap_ENGLISH_Protection_2017.pdf |
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| Start Date | Oct 11, 1972 | May 16, 2017 |
| End Date | May 16, 2017 | (none) |
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| Value | No protections | Sexual orientation only |
| End Date | (none) | May 16, 2017 |
| Description | No protections in Criminal Code. | Only for sexual orientation. |
| Sources | No | https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/population/womenrights/panama.women.02.pdf |