UNHCR, ‘UNHCR Guidance Note on Refugee Claims Relating to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity’, 2008

Subject Area

Sexual Orientation/Sexuality
Gender Identity
Intersex
Refugee/Asylum
Migration
Gender
Human Rights
LGBT+

Source

UNHCR

Type

Reports

Location

International

Year Published

2008

Summary

UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), UNHCR Guidance Note on Refugee Claims Relating to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, 21 November 2008

Note: These Guidelines are replaced by the 2012 Guidelines on International Protection No. 9: Claims to Refugee Status based on Sexual Orientation and/or Gender Identity within the context of Article 1A(2) of the 1951 Convention and/or its 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees

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