Date of publication:

01/08/2026

Ethiopia

Do domestic laws and policies protect forcibly displaced and stateless persons from harm and discrimination on the basis of their ethnic, religious, political, sexual or gender identity or orientation?

ANALYSIS

Assessment by population

Assessment by population
Refugees
Asylum-seekers
Analysis

The Ethiopian Constitution prohibits discrimination based on ethnicity, religion, or sex. However, there are also several laws and policies in Ethiopia that could be seen as discriminatory against people with different sexual and gender identities and orientations. For example, the Ethiopian Penal Code criminalizes same-sex sexual activity.