On 11 October 2019, the EU Home Affairs Committee published its report on ‘Brexit: refugee protection and asylum policy’ which highlights the potentially significant implications of Brexit for asylum policy, and for vulnerable refugees and asylum seekers in Europe. The report states: ‘The SOGICA Project—a four-year research project on the social and legal experiences of … Read more
Subject: Human Rights
In 2019, the SOGICA project, in collaboration with partner organisations, submitted Freedom of Information requests about SOGI asylum to the relevant government departments in Germany, Italy and the UK with varying degrees of success. Germany SOGICA prepared questions for a parliamentary request that was submitted by Ulla Jelpke and others, Die Linke, on 17 May … Read more
Kameel Ahmady کامیل احمدی, ‘Migration and Gender for Iranian LGBT’, 4(1) The Journal of International Relations, Peace Studies, and Development, Article 2, 2019 Abstract This article specifically addresses the country of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the very important issues pertaining to LGB individuals in Iran and their migration process. LGB individuals suffer from … Read more
Joint amicus, ‘Written submissions on behalf of the AIRE Centre, ECRE, HDT, ILGA- Europe and ICJ interveners pursuant to the Section Registrar’s notification of 7 December 2016’, 2017 Abstract The AIRE Centre, ECRE, HDT, ILGA-EUROPE and the ICJ (hereafter, “the interveners”)The intervener submit that in interpreting the scope and content of the Contracting Parties’ obligations … Read more
UNHCR, ‘Guidelines on International Protection: Membership of a Particular Social Group within the context of Article 1A(2) of the 1951 Convention and/or its 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees’, 2002 Abstract UNHCR issues these Guidelines pursuant to its mandate, as contained in the Statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner … Read more
Sharalyn R. Jordan, ‘Un/convention(al) refugees: Contextualizing the accounts of refugees facing homophobic or transphobic persecution’, Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, 26(2), 165-182, 2009 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 norms cover a complex … Read more
Human Rights Watch, ‘Country Profiles: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity’, Human Rights Watch 2019 World Report, 2019 Abstract The following country profiles are derived in part from sections of the Human Rights Watch 2019 World Reportthat relate to the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people. This is a living document which will be … Read more
UNHCR, International Protection Considerations with Regard to People Fleeing the Republic of Iraq, May 2019
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
Robert Leitner, ‘A Flawed System Exposed: The Immigration Adjudicatory System and Asylum for Sexual Minorities’, 2004 University of Miami Law Review 58 (2), pp 679-699 Abstract Debate over immigration policy and immigration law has taken on an unprecedented prominence for the American body politic in recent years. The growing clout and numeric prominence of the … Read more