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| Region | Nauru |
| Issue | Conversion therapy |
| Status | Sexual orientation only |
| Start Date | May 12, 2016 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Under Nauru's Mentally Disordered Persons Act (2016), a person cannot be deemed mentally disordered for expressing or failing to express a sexual preference or orientation, which means that health professionals cannot practice conversion therapy. |
| Sources | https://database.ilga.org/conversion-therapies-lgbti https://database.ilga.org/nauru-lgbti |
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Revision History (6)
edited by Unknownmiles. the status was incorrect and adding the correct month and day and adding link
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| Value | Banned | Sexual orientation only |
| Start Date | 2016 | May 12, 2016 |
| Description | Under Nauru's Mentally Disordered Persons Act (2016), a person cannot be deemed mentally disordered for expressing or failing to express a sexual preference or orientation, which means that health professionals cannot practice conversion therapy. | Under Nauru's Mentally Disordered Persons Act (2016), a person cannot be deemed mentally disordered for expressing or failing to express a sexual preference or orientation, which means that health professionals cannot practice conversion therapy. |
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| Sources | https://database.ilga.org/nauru-lgbti | https://database.ilga.org/conversion-therapies-lgbti https://database.ilga.org/nauru-lgbti |
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edited by Notdog1996. Wrong status
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0 | Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | (REMOVED) | Banned |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | Banned |
| Start Date | (unknown) | 2016 |
| Description | Unknown. | Under Nauru's Mentally Disordered Persons Act (2016), a person cannot be deemed mentally disordered for expressing or failing to express a sexual preference or orientation, which means that health professionals cannot practice conversion therapy. |
| Sources | https://database.ilga.org/nauru-lgbti |
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Not banned | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | (REMOVED) | Ambiguous |
| Description | The country just decriminalized homosexuality. | Unknown. |
| Sources | No |
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | (REMOVED) | Not banned |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | (REMOVED) |
| Description | Not clear. | The country just decriminalized homosexuality. |
| Old Value (Original) | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Not banned | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | (REMOVED) | Ambiguous |
| Description | Not banned. | Not clear. |