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| Region | Rwanda |
| Issue | LGBT housing discrimination |
| Status | No protections |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | There are no legal provisions that explicitly ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. Articule 16 of the Constitution protects equality under the law. |
| Sources | https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Rwanda_2015.pdf?lang=en |
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| Value | Sexual orientation and gender identity | No protections |
| Start Date | Jan 1, 1980 | (unknown) |
| 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." | There are no legal provisions that explicitly ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. Articule 16 of the Constitution protects equality under the law. |
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edited by Pizzaslices412653. fixed status on discrimination
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Sexual orientation and gender identity |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | Sexual orientation and gender identity |
| 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 | Sexual orientation and gender identity | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | (REMOVED) | Ambiguous |
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| Value | Sexual orientation only | Sexual orientation and gender identity |
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| Value | No protections | Sexual orientation only |
| Description | No | "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." |
| Sources | https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Rwanda_2015.pdf?lang=en |
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| Value | Sexual orientation and gender identity | No protections |
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| Value | No protections | Sexual orientation and gender identity |
| Description | No lgbt protections. | No |