Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, ‘Annual inspection of “Adults at Risk in Immigration Detention” (2018–19). November 2018 – May 2019’, April 2020. This inspection examined how the Home Office’s ‘Adults at Risk’ process was working. The inspection was commissioned by the Home Secretary in response to a recommendation made by Stephen Shaw CBE … Read more
Subject: Sexual Orientation/Sexuality
ILGA-Europe, ‘Annual Review of the Human Rights Situation of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, and Intersex People in Europe and Central Asia’, 2020 Abstract Annual Review of the Human Rights Situation of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, and Intersex People covering the period of January to December 2019. We examined the advances made and provided concrete examples … Read more
6Rang, ‘Letter to Dutch government regarding its asylum policy for Iranian LGBTQI’, 11 February 2020 Abstract In this open letter to Dutch Government ministers, the NGO 6Rang raise concerns about the protection level offered to the Iranian LGBT asylum seekers in the Netherlands and the current situation of LGBT rights and protections in Iran.
Daniel Borrillo, Manuela Salcedo and Shira Havkin, ‘Les demandes d’asile en raison de l’orientation sexuelle: comment prouver l’intime?’, Défenseur des droits / CERSA, May 2020 [See, also, Daniel Borrillo, Manuela Salcedo and Shira Havkin, ‘La preuve dans les demandes d’asile en raison de l’orientation sexuelle‘, April 2020] Résumé Ces dernières années, les demandes d’asile en … Read more
Daniel Borrillo, Manuela Salcedo and Shira Havkin, ‘La preuve dans les demandes d’asile en raison de l’orientation sexuelle’, April 2020 [See, also, Daniel Borrillo, Manuela Salcedo and Shira Havkin, ‘Les demandes d’asile en raison de l’orientation sexuelle: comment prouver l’intime?‘, Défenseur des droits / CERSA, May 2020]
Georges Ravarani, ‘Assessment of the credibility of asylum-seekers: The burden of proof and the limits of the ECHR’s examination’, European Court of Human Rights, 2017 Abstract The assessment of credibility and the burden of proof are core issues in asylum cases. They raise very concrete questions that national courts have to deal with, being assisted … Read more
Dixson and Dixson, Report on the Queer Displacements: Sexuality, Migration and Exile conference, 2019. During 13-15th of November 2019, we held the first conference in Australia solely dedicated to the issues of LGBTIQ+ forced displacement. The conference was attended by 150 participants (academics, service providers, policy makers, government officials and LGBTIQ+ asylum seekers and refugees). … Read more
D. McDonald-Norman, ‘Koushal v. Naz Foundation and the Lessons of International Refugee Law’, in Sarasu E. Thomas (ed), Gender, Human Rights and Law, 2016, 161-183 Abstract In its decision in Suresh Kumar Koushal and anor v NAZ Foundation and ors (Koushal), the Supreme Court of India declared that section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, … Read more
UKLGIG, ‘HJ (Iran) and HT (Cameroon) in Country Policy Information Notes on Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Gender Expression’, 2019 In December 2019, UKLGIG published a paper about the use of the UK Supreme Court’s judgment in HJ (Iran) and HT (Cameroon) v SSHD [2010] UKSC 32 in Country Policy Information Notes on Sexual Orientation, … Read more
Allsopp, J., Sigona, N. and Phillimore,, J., ‘Poverty among refugees and asylum seekers in the UK. An evidence and policy review’, IRIS Working Paper Series, No. 1/2014, University of Birmingham/IRIS This Working Paper reviews evidence on the relationship between poverty and refugees and asylum seekers in the UK. It focuses on i) the experiences of … Read more