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Is there at least some explicit legislative prohibition of workplace discrimination based on race/ethnicity?

The term “race/ethnicity” includes references to ‘color’, ‘clan’, ‘ethnic origin’, or ‘ethnic groups’. For the purposes of this variable, the term “race/ethnicity” captures all of these definitions.

No means that country legislation does not explicitly prohibit workplace discrimination on the basis of race/ethnicity 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 race/ethnicity.

Countries

Afghanistan - No

Bangladesh - No

Chad - No

Republic of the Congo - No

India - No

Japan - No

Republic of Korea - No

Laos - No

Liechtenstein - No

Marshall Islands - No

Micronesia, Federated States of - No

Nauru - No

Oman - No

Palau - No

Papua New Guinea - No

The Philippines - No

Qatar - No

San Marino - No

Saudi Arabia - No

Sierra Leone - No

Solomon Islands - No

Sudan - No

Switzerland - No

Tonga - No

United Arab Emirates - No

Angola - Yes

Antigua and Barbuda - Yes

Argentina - Yes

Australia - Yes

Azerbaijan - Yes

Belize - Yes

Benin - Yes

Bhutan - Yes

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Yes

Brazil - Yes

Burkina Faso - Yes

Canada - Yes

Cabo Verde - Yes

Central African Republic - Yes

Chile - Yes

China - Yes

Democratic Republic of the Congo - Yes

Costa Rica - Yes

Cote d'Ivoire - Yes

Cuba - Yes

Cyprus - Yes

Czech Republic - Yes

Dominican Republic - Yes

Egypt - Yes

El Salvador - Yes

Equatorial Guinea - Yes

Fiji - Yes

France - Yes

Gabon - Yes

The Gambia - Yes

Ghana - Yes

Greece - Yes

Guatemala - Yes

Guinea - Yes

Guinea-Bissau - Yes

Guyana - Yes

Haiti - Yes

Indonesia - Yes

Iran - Yes

Iraq - Yes

Israel - Yes

Italy - Yes

Kazakhstan - Yes

Kenya - Yes

Democratic People's Republic of Korea - Yes

Kyrgyzstan - Yes

Latvia - Yes

Libya - Yes

Lithuania - Yes

Luxembourg - Yes

North Macedonia - Yes

Madagascar - Yes

Malawi - Yes

Mali - Yes

Malta - Yes

Mauritania - Yes

Mauritius - Yes

Mexico - Yes

Montenegro - Yes

Mozambique - Yes

Nepal - Yes

The Netherlands - Yes

New Zealand - Yes

Nicaragua - Yes

Niger - Yes

Norway - Yes

Panama - Yes

Peru - Yes

Poland - Yes

Russian Federation - Yes

Rwanda - Yes

Samoa - Yes

Sao Tome and Principe - Yes

Serbia - Yes

Seychelles - Yes

South Africa - Yes

South Sudan - Yes

Spain - Yes

St. Kitts and Nevis - Yes

St. Lucia - Yes

St. Vincent and the Grenadines - Yes

Sweden - Yes

Syria - Yes

Tajikistan - Yes

Timor-Leste - Yes

Togo - Yes

Trinidad and Tobago - Yes

Turkmenistan - Yes

Tuvalu - Yes

Uganda - Yes

United Kingdom - Yes

United States of America - Yes

Uzbekistan - Yes

Venezuela - Yes

Yemen - Yes

Zambia - Yes