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

Il caso riguarda un richiedente asilo del Pakistan al quale era stato negato lo status di rifugiato dalla Commissione territoriale competente, per motivi legati alla credibilita’. Considerate la testimonianza di un abitante del medesimo villaggio in Pakistan sull’isolamento vissuto dal ricorrente a causa del suo orientamento sessuale e del Paese di origine, il Tribunale ha ritenuto credibile il … Read more

The case is related to an asylum seeker from Gambia, who was denied the refugee status for lack of credibility about the circumstances leading to persecution. The eligibility authority (the Territorial Commission), according to which there were no doubts about his sexual orientation, gave weight to the fact that in Gambia criminal sanctions for committing homosexual acts … Read more

Il caso e’ relativo a un richiedente asilo del Gambia al quale era stato negato lo status di rifugiato per motivi legati alla credibilita’ del suo racconto personale. La Commissione territoriale aveva dato, peraltro, peso anche al fatto che in Gambia le sanzioni penali contro persone omossessuali non sarebbero effettivamente applicate. La Corte di appello … Read more

The case is related to an asylum seeker from Ghana who was denied the refugee status because in his country no persecution could be found in relation to sexual minorities. The Court of Appeal quashed the decision of the Tribunal of first instance, stating that it is known that in Ghana a fear of persecution for … Read more

Il caso riguarda un richiedente asilo del Ghana che aveva visto negata la sua domanda di protezione internazionale sulla base dell’inesistenza, nel suo Paese, di forme di persecuzione legate al suo orientamento sessuale. Riconoscendo, invece, la diffusione di forme di discriminazione, nonche’ di una legislazione penale tuttora in vigore che criminalizza gli atti omosessuali, la Corte di Appello … Read more

European Commission of Human Rights, Application No. 32999/96, Shahram Sobhani v Sweden, 10 July 1998

Paul Johnson, ‘M.E. v Sweden – European Court of Human Rights endorses expulsion of a gay man to a country that criminalises homosexuality’, ECHR Sexual Orientation Blog, 28 June 2014

Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, ‘Chairperson’s Guideline 9: Proceedings Before the IRB Involving Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Expression’, 2017

ORAM, ‘Testing Sexual Orientation: A Scientific and Legal Analysis of Plethysmography in Asylum and Refugee Status Proceedings’, December 2010