Il caso riguarda un cittadino tunisino, ritenuto pericoloso per l’ordine pubblico, che non poteva essere comunque espulso dall’Italia in quanto omosessuale e cristiano. Pertanto, considerato il pericolo di refoulement, aveva diritto al permesso di soggiorno per motivi umanitari.
Subject: Sexual Orientation/Sexuality
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
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
Nuno Ferreira, ‘Portuguese Refugee Law in the European Context: The Case of Sexuality-Based Claims’, 2015 International Journal of Refugee Law 27 (3): 411-432. doi: 10.1093/ijrl/eev032
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