Kristin Bresnahan, ‘The Board of Immigration Appeals’ New Social Visibility Test for Determining Membership of a Particular Social Group in Asylum Claims and Its Legal and Policy Implications’, Berkeley Journal of International Law 29 (2), pp 649-679, 2011 Abstract Within the area of asylum law, there has been a great deal of confusion and debate … Read more
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Sabine Jansen and Thomas Spijkerboer, ‘De draaideurkast: Homoseksuele en transgender asielzoekers, discretie en strafbaarstelling’ Asiel & Migrantenrecht (7) pp. 320- 329, 2012 Abstract Sabine Jansen en Thomas Spijkerboer bespreken in een tweeluik de belangrijkste knelpunten in het Nederlandse asielbeleid voor lesbische, homoseksuele, biseksuele en transgender asielzoekers. in dit eerste artikel: de discretie-eis kan mensen terug de … 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
Nicole LaViolette, ‘Sexual Orientation and the Refugee Determination Process: Questioning a Claimant About Their Membership in the Particular Social Group’, University of Ottawa, 2004 Abstract For many years now, gay men and lesbians have been granted asylum in Canada on the ground that they face persecution as sexual minorities. In 1993, the Supreme Court of … Read more
Ben Vermeulen and Aleidus Woltjer, ‘Wat te geloven? Over discretie, zel nterpretatie en vervolging wegens godsdienst en seksuele gerichtheid’, Nijmegen Migration Law Working Papers Series (8), 2014 Abstract Since several years, the Court of Justice of the European Union – next to the European Court of Human Rights – acts as European asylum judge. Over the … Read more
Isadora Lins França, ‘“LGBTI Refugees”: Rights and Narratives Interlinking Gender, Sexuality and Violence’, Dossier Conservantism, Rights, Moralities and Violence, Cadernos Pagu (50), 2017 Abstract Since 2002 international agencies have recognized refugee status on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. This article looks at the articulation between sexual rights and refugee rights and the emergence of … Read more
Sharalyn Renee Jordan, ‘Un/settling: a critical ethnographic inquiry into settlement by refugees making claims based on sexual orientation or gender identity persecution’, University of British Columbia, 2010 Abstract Propelled by fear of violence and flight from stigma, impelled by desire for connection and belonging, the movements of people whose sexualities or genders defy and offend … Read more
Fernanda Estevão Pollini, ‘The Difficult Path towards the Recognition of Refugee Status based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity: Analysing Brazil and the United Kingdom’, ICL Journal, 2014 Abstract In some countries, LGBT people suffer oppression. They are at risk of suffering death penalty. Thus, the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (1951) is … Read more
Ahmed Hamila, ‘Les persécutions liées à l’orientation sexuelle : un « nouveau » motif pour octroyer le statut de réfugié en Belgique ?’, 2019 Politique et Sociétés, 38, (1), 157–177 Résumé de l’article La Belgique est l’un des premiers pays européens où l’autorité chargée du traitement des demandes d’asile, le Commissariat général aux réfugiés et … Read more
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.