House of Commons Canada, ‘LGBTQ+ At Risk Abroad: Canada’s Call to Action: Report of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration’, House of Commons Canada, 2017 Preamble On 4 October 2016, the House of Commons Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration (hereafter referred to as “the Committee” or “CIMM”) adopted a motion to undertake a … Read more
Source: National Authorities
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, ‘Morocco: Situation of sexual minorities, including treatment by the authorities and society; the application of Article 489 of the Penal Code and cases with convictions for homosexuality; state protection and support services’, 2013
High Court of Australia, Appellant S395/2002 v. Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs; Appellant S396/2002 v. Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, [2003] HCA 71, 9 December 2003
David Bolt (Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration), ‘An inspection of the Home Office’s management of asylum accommodation provision – February – June 2018’, Presented to Parliament pursuant to Section 50(2) of the UK Borders Act 2007, November 2018
Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration (ICIBI), An inspection of the Home Office’s production and use of Country of Origin Information. April – August 2017, 30 January 2018 The Home Office response to the ICIBI report is also available: Home Office, The Home Office response to the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration’s … Read more
Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, ‘An Investigation into the Home Office’s Handling of Asylum Claims Made on the Grounds of Sexual Orientation March-June 2014’, 2014
US Immigration Office, ‘Guidance for Adjudicating Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex (LGBTI) Refugee and Asylum Claims’, 2011
Riconoscimento dello status di rifugiato a un richiedente asilo omosessuale che aveva lasciato il Senegal per il timore di subire persecuzioni legate al suo orientamento sessuale. Il Tribunale ha riconosciuto lo status sulla base delle sanzioni penali in vigore in Senegal e dell’emarginazione sociale cui sono esposte le minoranze sessuali.
The case is related to an asylum seeker from Pakistan who was denied refugee status by the Territorial Commission (the eligibility authority) due to lack of credibility. The Tribunal accepted the credibility of the applicant’s claim, also considering the testimony of a Pakistan men that, living in the same village, knew the isolation suffered by … Read more