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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

Republic of the Congo - No

Switzerland - No

China - No

Czech Republic - No

Egypt - No

Micronesia, Federated States of - No

Ghana - No

Equatorial Guinea - No

Haiti - No

India - No

Iraq - No

Iran - No

Italy - No

Japan - No

Kyrgyzstan - No

Democratic People's Republic of Korea - No

Kazakhstan - No

Laos - No

Liechtenstein - No

Libya - No

Marshall Islands - No

Malta - No

The Netherlands - No

Nepal - No

Nauru - No

Oman - No

Papua New Guinea - No

The Philippines - No

Palau - No

Qatar - No

Russian Federation - No

Saudi Arabia - No

Solomon Islands - No

Seychelles - No

Sudan - No

San Marino - No

Chad - No

Tajikistan - No

Timor-Leste - No

Turkmenistan - No

Tonga - No

Uzbekistan - No

St. Vincent and the Grenadines - No

Yemen - No

South Africa - No

United Arab Emirates - Yes

Angola - Yes

Argentina - Yes

Australia - Yes

Azerbaijan - Yes

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Yes

Burkina Faso - Yes

Brazil - Yes

Democratic Republic of the Congo - Yes

Cote d'Ivoire - Yes

Chile - Yes

Costa Rica - Yes

Cuba - Yes

Cabo Verde - Yes

Cyprus - Yes

Dominican Republic - Yes

Spain - Yes

Fiji - Yes

France - Yes

Gabon - Yes

United Kingdom - Yes

The Gambia - Yes

Guinea - Yes

Greece - Yes

Guinea-Bissau - Yes

Guyana - Yes

Israel - Yes

Kenya - Yes

St. Kitts and Nevis - Yes

Republic of Korea - Yes

St. Lucia - Yes

Luxembourg - Yes

Latvia - Yes

Montenegro - Yes

Madagascar - Yes

North Macedonia - Yes

Mali - Yes

Mauritania - Yes

Mauritius - Yes

Mexico - Yes

Mozambique - Yes

Niger - Yes

Norway - Yes

New Zealand - Yes

Peru - Yes

Serbia - Yes

Rwanda - Yes

Sweden - Yes

Sierra Leone - Yes

South Sudan - Yes

Sao Tome and Principe - Yes

El Salvador - Yes

Syria - Yes

Togo - Yes

Trinidad and Tobago - Yes

Tuvalu - Yes

Uganda - Yes

United States of America - Yes

Samoa - Yes

Zambia - Yes