UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), 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, 23 October 2012, HCR/GIP/12/01 Note: These Guidelines replace the UNHCR Guidance Note on … Read more
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UN Committee Against Torture, K. S. Y. v. The Netherlands, Communication No. 190/2001, 15 May 2003, CAT/C/30/D/190/2001
UN General Assembly, Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, 28 July 1951, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 189, p. 137
Forced Migration Review (FMR) 42, April 2013 (special issue on sexual orientation and gender identity and the protection of forced migrants) Abstract Around the world, people face abuse, arbitrary arrest, extortion, violence, severe discrimination and lack of official protection because of their sexual orientation and/or gender identity. This latest issue of FMR includes 26 articles … Read more
UNHCR, Guidelines on international protection: Gender-related persecution within the context of Article 1A(2) of the 1951 Convention and/or its 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees (HCR/GIP/02/01, 2002).