UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), ‘Summary Report, Informal Meeting of Experts on Refugee Claims relating to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity’, International Association of Refugee Law Judges, 2011 Abstract On 10 September 2011, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the International Association of Refugee Law Judges (IARLJ) and the European … Read more
Entry type: Reports
European Council on Refugees and Exiles, Asylum Information Database (2019) National Country Report: Italy, 2018 update
Human Rights Watch, ‘Country Profiles: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity’, Human Rights Watch 2019 World Report, 2019 Abstract The following country profiles are derived in part from sections of the Human Rights Watch 2019 World Reportthat relate to the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people. This is a living document which will be … Read more
Kok Stefan, ‘Bij gebrek aan bewijs: De beoordeling van de geloofwaardigheid van het asielrelaas onder Werkinstructie’, 2014/10, Universiteit Leiden/ VluchtelingenWerk Nederland, 2016 Abstract In this report, entitled Bij gebrek aan bewijs (‘Where there is no evidence’), the decision-making process of the Dutch Immigration and Naturalization Service (IND) in the period between July 20, 2015 and … Read more
Damla Çalik and Hayriye Kara, ‘Waiting To Be “Safe And Sound” Turkey as LGBTI Refugees’ Way Station’, Kaos Gay and Lesbian Cultural Research and Solidarity Association, 2016 Abstract This report aims at shedding light on discrimination that LGBTI refugees face, on their way in Turkey to a third country until they obtain a refugee status, regarding … Read more
European Council on Refugees and Exiles, Asylum Information Database (2019) National Country Report: Germany, 2018 update
Moira Dustin and Rosa Jones, ‘SOGICA – Table of UK SOGI asylum case law’, updated April 2019. Please note that some links are to subscriber-only websites.
European Asylum Support Office (EASO), ‘Annual report on the situation of asylum in the European Union 2017’, European Asylum Support Office, Luxembourg, 2018
Jansen, Sabine, ‘Pride or shame?: Assessing LGBTI Asylum applications in the Netherlands following the XYZ and ABC judgements’, COC Netherlands, 2019 Abstract The Immigration and Naturalization Service (IND) uses fixed criteria to assess whether people who flee to the Netherlands for fear of persecution because of their sexual identity are LGBTI. The most important criterion, according … Read more
Philip L. Dayle, Natalie A. DeJarlais, Neil Grungras, Mary A. Hutton, H. Jessica Kim, Rachel S. Levitan, Kevin C. Lo, Deidre A. Plant, Okan Sengün, and Ariel A. Travis, ‘Rights & Protection of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender & Intersex Refugees & Asylum Seekers Under the Yogyakarta Principles’, ORAM–Organization for Refuge, Asylum & Migration, San Francisco, … Read more