Discrimination against LGBT+ people in Macau

Gender mark change for transgender people

In 2015, the Macau government announced that the Legal Reform Consultation Committee was to commence a study about allowing transgender persons to change the…

Macau Domestic violence law — discrimination against same-sex intimate partners

The Macau government initially proposed the inclusion of “same-sex co-habitants” in the scope of the domestic violence law in 2011. However, the Macau government decided to drop the reference…

Migrant workers’ vulnerability to exploitation in Macau

Despite the legal prohibition of recruitment agencies taking a share of the salaries of migrant workers for commission fees, in reality, wages of domestic workers, who are predominantly migrant workers, are deducted by the employers…

Macau municipal council members not selected by direct election

In 2018, in the re-establishment of a municipal organ, the Macau government refused to reinstate direct elections. Article 95 of Basic Law of Macau provides for the creation of a municipal organ “without political…

Dismissal of academics in Macau

Two outspoken scholars — Prof Bill Chou Kwok-ping at the University of Macau and Prof Éric Sautedé at the University of Saint Joseph — were dismissed by their respective universities in 2014.

Low tolerance for peaceful protests in Macau

The police show low tolerance for peaceful assemblies. Exercise of restraint is not the norm. Nearly all peaceful assemblies and demonstrations without prior notification to the police were dispersed.