NQIfFM, ‘Submission in reply to the Call for Evidence by the European Commission regarding the EU LGBTIQ equality strategy for 2026-2030’, University of Sussex, Brighton, 2025 Summary The European Commission opened a call for evidence in relation to the EU LGBTIQ equality strategy for 2026-2030 (https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/14551-EU-LGBTIQ-equality-strategy-for-2026-2030_en). This is “a new strategy to combat the inequalities … Read more
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Moira Dustin, Nuno Ferreira, Kamran Matin, Mehran Rezaei-Toroghi, and Isabel Soloaga, ‘The praxis of research about queer migrant lives: an Iranian case study’, 4 February 2025 Excerpt Does an academic, theoretically framed, multidisciplinary research project have anything to contribute to migration policy and practice in the context of discrimination and violence based on sexual orientation, … Read more
NQIfFM submission to the Call for Input by the UN Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity on ‘Protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in relation to forced displacement’, 2025 1. This submission is based on research from the project ‘Negotiating Queer Identities Following Forced Migration (NQIfFM): A … Read more
Ezel Sahinkaya and Arif Aslan, ‘LGBT People Fleeing Harassment in Iran Find Life No Easier in Turkey’, Voice of America (VOA), 16 April 2021 Abstract For hundreds of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Iranians who fled their homeland because of persecution for who they are, moving to Turkey was not a significant improvement. Sexual and … Read more
SOGICA Project, ‘Submission to the UK Parliament’s Women and Equalities Committee’s “Equality and the UK asylum process” enquiry’, 17 November 2021 Abstract SOGICA (Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Claims of Asylum: A European Human Rights Challenge) has been a four-year (2016-2020) research project funded by the European Research Council (ERC) exploring the social and legal … Read more
Judith Ruderstaller, ‘Comparison of decisions in asylum procedures in relation with LGBTI persons’, EDAL Workshop: Sexual orientation, gender identity and human dignity, 2014
European Commission, ‘LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 2020-2025’, November 2020
John Vine, ‘An Investigation into the Home Office’s Handling of Asylum Claims Made on the Grounds of Sexual Orientation – March-June 2014’, Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, 2014
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), ‘Submission by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the case of 2018Du34558 regarding claims for refugee status based on sexual orientation and gender identity’, 26 February 2018 Abstract These observations are submitted by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (“UNHCR”) … Read more
ILGA-Europe, ECRE and ICJ, ‘B and C v. the Switzerland, Application no. 889/19 – Written submission on behalf of ILGA-Europe (the European region of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association), The European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ): Interveners pursuant to the Deputy Section Registrar’s … Read more