Subject: Sexual Orientation/Sexuality

M. Yanick Saila-Ngita, ‘Sex, Lies, And Videotape: Considering The ABC Case And Adopting The DSSH Method For The Protection Of The Rights Of LGBTI Asylum Seekers’, Southwestern Journal of International Law, Vol. 24, No. 2, 275-299, 2018

Raphael Ruppacher, ‘Not That Kind of Gay: Credibility Assessment and the Concept of Sexual Orientation in European Asylum Law’, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, 2015 Abstract Recently, more and more countries have recognised sexual orientation as a ground for asylum. This has led to a shift from rejecting such claims because of a lack of … Read more

John Vine, ‘An Investigation into the Home Office’s Handling of Asylum Claims Made on the Grounds of Sexual Orientation – March-June 2014’, Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, 2014

Volakaki Teresa Charalambous, ΛΟΑΤΚΙΑ πρόσφυγες στην Ευρώπη: Δεδομένα και Προκλήσεις [LGBTQIA refugees in Europe: Facts and Challenges], Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 2020 Περίληψη Σε ορισμένο αριθμό κρατών διεθνώς άτομα διώκονται με βάση το σεξουαλικό τους προσανατολισμό ή την ταυτότητα φύλου τους (SOGI). Και ενώ το οικουμενικό πλαίσιο προστασίας των προσφύγων σύμφωνα με τη Σύμβαση της Γενεύης, αλλά … Read more

Nathalie Ricard, ‘Le prix à payer pour devenir sujet de droit: La selection des réfugiés allosexuels au Canada [The price of becoming a legal subject: The selection of queer refugees in Canada]’, 2011 Alterstice, 1(2), 79–96 Résumé Depuis les années 1990, le Canada accepte des réfugiés persécutés en raison de leur orientation sexuelle. Le statut … Read more

Asylum Research Centre, ‘Comparative Analysis of U.S Department of State Country Reports on Human Rights Practices (2016-2019)’, 2020. Asylum Research Centre’s (ARC) research report, a Comparative Analysis of U.S Department of State Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, identifies serious omissions of human rights issues and inadequately substantiated reports of improvements in the U.S. State … Read more

David Bolt – Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration (ICIBI), ‘An inspection of the Home Office’s use of language services in the asylum process: May – November 2019’, 11 November 2020 Abstract This inspection examined the efficiency, effectiveness and consistency of the Home Office’s use of language services in the asylum process, with a … Read more

European Asylum Support Office (EASO), ‘EASO Asylum Report 2020: Annual Report on the Situation of Asylum in the European Union’, EASO , 2020 See SOGICA’s input here.

Equal Asia Foundation, ‘Great Expectations, Harsh Realities. The Plight of LGBTI+ Refugees in Thailand. An Exploratory Study’, June 2020 Executive Summary (excerpt): The circumstances and condition of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex (LGBTI+) refugees in Thailand is not well researched, even by stakeholders who work with refugees and LGBTI+ communities. This lack of information … Read more

Deniz Akin, ‘Discursive Construction of Genuine LGBT Refugees’, Vol. 23 No. 3-4 (2018): Lamda Nordica – New nordic queer research Abstract This article discusses the ways in which different discourses construct a genuine LGBT refugee subject in Norway. In doing so, it problematizes the notion of a predetermined/ahistorical/context-free LGBT refugee subject who can be discovered … Read more