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| Region | Guatemala |
| Issue | LGBT discrimination |
| Status | Illegal in some contexts |
| Start Date | 2021 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Government Agreement Number 62-2024, issued on April 19, 2024, which approves the Code of Ethics of the Executive Branch, prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in the public sector. It establishes that it is applicable to all public servants, contractors or other persons linked to the Executive Branch. The Code of Ethics and Integrity of the National Registry of Persons (2021) prohibits discrimination based on gender identity. |
| Sources | https://database.ilga.org/guatemala-lgbti https://legal.dca.gob.gt/GestionDocumento/VisualizarDocumento?verDocumentoPrevia=True&versionImpresa=False&doc=251330 https://legal.dca.gob.gt/GestionDocumento/VisualizarDocumento?verDocumentoPrevia=True&versionImpresa=False&doc=135776 http://iglhrc.org/content/guatemala-activists-fight-retain-sexual-orientation-within-new-children-and-youth-law |
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| Value | No protections | Illegal in some contexts |
| Start Date | (unknown) | 2021 |
| Description | No law offers protection on the basis of "sexual orientation" or "gender identity." | Government Agreement Number 62-2024, issued on April 19, 2024, which approves the Code of Ethics of the Executive Branch, prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in the public sector. It establishes that it is applicable to all public servants, contractors or other persons linked to the Executive Branch. The Code of Ethics and Integrity of the National Registry of Persons (2021) prohibits discrimination based on gender identity. |
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| Sources | https://database.ilga.org/guatemala-lgbti http://iglhrc.org/content/guatemala-activists-fight-retain-sexual-orientation-within-new-children-and-youth-law | https://database.ilga.org/guatemala-lgbti https://legal.dca.gob.gt/GestionDocumento/VisualizarDocumento?verDocumentoPrevia=True&versionImpresa=False&doc=251330 https://legal.dca.gob.gt/GestionDocumento/VisualizarDocumento?verDocumentoPrevia=True&versionImpresa=False&doc=135776 http://iglhrc.org/content/guatemala-activists-fight-retain-sexual-orientation-within-new-children-and-youth-law |
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| Value | Illegal in some contexts | No protections |
| Start Date | 1997 | (unknown) |
| Description | All discrimination against LGBT in education is illegal | No law offers protection on the basis of "sexual orientation" or "gender identity." |
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| Old Value | New Value | |
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| Value | No protections | Illegal in some contexts |
| Start Date | (unknown) | 1997 |
| Description | There are no laws protecting LGBT people from discrimination. The Children Act (1996) that prohibited discrimination based on sexual orientation was repealed in 2003. | All discrimination against LGBT in education is illegal |
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| Old Value (Original) | New Value | |
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| Value | Illegal in some contexts | No protections |
| Start Date | Apr 1, 1997 | (unknown) |
| Description | The only part of legal system that protects individuals from LGBT-based discrimination is in the law of children and youth, protecting them from sexual orientation based discrimination (gender identity is not mentioned explicitly) | There are no laws protecting LGBT people from discrimination. The Children Act (1996) that prohibited discrimination based on sexual orientation was repealed in 2003. |
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| Sources | http://iglhrc.org/content/guatemala-activists-fight-retain-sexual-orientation-within-new-children-and-youth-law | https://database.ilga.org/guatemala-lgbti http://iglhrc.org/content/guatemala-activists-fight-retain-sexual-orientation-within-new-children-and-youth-law |
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| Original entry | |
|---|---|
| Status | Illegal in some contexts |
| Start Date | Apr 1, 1997 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | The only part of legal system that protects individuals from LGBT-based discrimination is in the law of children and youth, protecting them from sexual orientation based discrimination (gender identity is not mentioned explicitly) |
| Sources | http://iglhrc.org/content/guatemala-activists-fight-retain-sexual-orientation-within-new-children-and-youth-law |