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Is there at least some explicit legislative prohibition of workplace discrimination based on foreign national origin?

The term “foreign national origin” includes references to ‘ancestry’, ‘citizenship or origin of parents’, ‘country or place of birth’, ‘homeland’, ‘national descent’, or ‘national origin’. For the purposes of this variable, the term “foreign national origin” captures all of these definitions.

No means that country legislation does not explicitly prohibit workplace discrimination on the basis of foreign national origin broadly, nor specifically against discrimination in hiring, promotions and/or demotions, training, pay, nor terminations.

Yes means that country legislation does explicitly prohibit at least one of these forms of workplace discrimination on the basis of foreign national origin.

Countries

Afghanistan - No

Antigua and Barbuda - No

Bangladesh - No

Benin - No

Central African Republic - No

Chad - No

China - No

Republic of the Congo - No

Czech Republic - No

Egypt - No

Ghana - No

Guinea-Bissau - No

Haiti - No

India - No

Iran - No

Iraq - No

Italy - No

Japan - No

Kazakhstan - No

Democratic People's Republic of Korea - No

Kyrgyzstan - No

Laos - No

Libya - No

Liechtenstein - No

Malta - No

Marshall Islands - No

Micronesia, Federated States of - No

Nauru - No

Nepal - No

The Netherlands - No

Oman - No

Palau - No

Papua New Guinea - No

The Philippines - No

Qatar - No

Russian Federation - No

San Marino - No

Saudi Arabia - No

Seychelles - No

Sierra Leone - No

Solomon Islands - No

South Africa - No

St. Vincent and the Grenadines - No

Sudan - No

Switzerland - No

Tajikistan - No

Timor-Leste - No

Tonga - No

Turkmenistan - No

United Arab Emirates - No

Uzbekistan - No

Yemen - No

Angola - Yes

Argentina - Yes

Australia - Yes

Azerbaijan - Yes

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Yes

Brazil - Yes

Burkina Faso - Yes

Canada - Yes

Cabo Verde - Yes

Chile - Yes

Democratic Republic of the Congo - Yes

Costa Rica - Yes

Cote d'Ivoire - Yes

Cuba - Yes

Cyprus - Yes

Dominican Republic - Yes

El Salvador - Yes

Equatorial Guinea - Yes

Fiji - Yes

France - Yes

Gabon - Yes

The Gambia - Yes

Greece - Yes

Guinea - Yes

Guyana - Yes

Israel - Yes

Kenya - Yes

Republic of Korea - Yes

Latvia - Yes

Luxembourg - Yes

North Macedonia - Yes

Madagascar - Yes

Mali - Yes

Mauritania - Yes

Mauritius - Yes

Mexico - Yes

Montenegro - Yes

Mozambique - Yes

New Zealand - Yes

Niger - Yes

Norway - Yes

Peru - Yes

Rwanda - Yes

Samoa - Yes

Sao Tome and Principe - Yes

Serbia - Yes

South Sudan - Yes

Spain - Yes

St. Kitts and Nevis - Yes

St. Lucia - Yes

Sweden - Yes

Syria - Yes

Togo - Yes

Trinidad and Tobago - Yes

Tuvalu - Yes

Uganda - Yes

United Kingdom - Yes

United States of America - Yes

Zambia - Yes