Thomas Spijkerboer, ‘Gender, sexuality, asylum and European human rights’, Law and Critique (2018) 29: 221
Subject: Gender
Recommendation CM/Rec(2010)5 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on measures to combat discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity, adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 31 March 2010 at the 1081st meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies
H. Crawley, T. Lester, ‘Comparative analysis of gender-related persecution in national asylum legislation and practice in Europe’, UNHCR, 2004.
Human Rights Council, Report of the Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity – A/HRC/35/36, 35th Session of the Human Rights Council, 2017
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
European Parliament’s Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality, Report on the situation of women refugees and asylum seekers in the EU (2015/2325(INI)), A8-0024/2016, Rapporteur: Mary Honeyball, 10.2.2016
Rachel A Lewis, ‘“Gay? Prove it”: The politics of queer anti-deportation activism’, Sexualities, 2014, Vol.17(8), pp. 958-975 Abstract: This article examines how gender, sexuality, race and class intersect in queer asylum claims to influence the perceived credibility of gay and lesbian asylum applicants. Building on recent scholarship in queer migration studies that considers the role … Read more
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), UNHCR Guidance Note on Refugee Claims Relating to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, 21 November 2008 Note: These Guidelines are replaced by the 2012 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 … Read more
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