Subject: Gender Identity

EASO – European Asylum Support Office, ‘Annual Report on the Situation of Asylum in the EU 2017’, 2018

UK Lesbian & Gay Immigration Group (UKLGIG), ‘Applying HJ (Iran) and HT (Cameroon) to asylum claims based on sexual orientation’, 2018.

Human Rights Council (HRC), Report of the Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, 38th session, A/HRC/38/43, 11 May 2018

European Commission, ‘EMN Ad-Hoc Query on NL AHQ on national asylum policies regarding LGBT-asylum seekers – Requested by NL EMN NCP on 2nd May 2016′, 2016

BBC News, ‘Meet Iran’s gay mullah forced to flee the country’, 8 June 2016 Abstract In Iran, homosexuality is banned and punishable by execution under its strict code of sharia, or Islamic law. In a country dominated by the religious class, being gay is taboo, and especially among the establishment. One Iranian gay cleric, who … Read more

International Commission of Jurists, ‘Refugee Status Claims Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity: ICJ Practitioners’ Guide n° 11’, 2016

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

Asylum Aid policy briefing, ‘Sexual Borders: Does the UK Adequately Protect People Seeking Asylum based on Risk of Persecution relating to Sexual or Gender Identity or Expression?’ February 2018.

Hungarian Helsinki Committee, ‘Credibility Assessment in Asylum Procedures – A Multidisciplinary Training Manual , Volume 2’, 2015

Rahul Rao, Third World Protest : Between Home and the World, OUP, 2010. If boundaries protect us from threats, how should we think about the boundaries of states in a world where threats to human rights emanate from both outside the state and the state itself? Arguing that attitudes towards boundaries are premised on assumptions … Read more