Description du projet
Prise en compte de l’identité de genre et de l’orientation sexuelle des demandeurs d’asile
Chaque année, des milliers de personnes demandent l’asile en Europe en invoquant leur orientation sexuelle et leur identité de genre (SOGI pour «sexual orientation and gender identity») comme motif de protection. Cependant, nombre d’entre elles se heurtent à un refus. Pour résoudre ce problème, le projet SOGICA, financé par l’UE, vise à fournir une compréhension complète et comparative des expériences juridiques et du statut des demandeurs d’asile en fonction de leur SOGI en Europe. En examinant les demandes d’asile liées à la SOGI dans divers cadres européens (UE, Conseil de l’Europe, Allemagne, Italie, Royaume-Uni), le projet élaborera des recommandations politiques visant à améliorer l’équité et l’adéquation des systèmes d’asile nationaux, de l’UE et du Conseil de l’Europe. Ces recommandations tiendront compte des divers aspects socioculturels, de l’identité de genre et de l’orientation sexuelle des demandeurs d’asile.
Objectif
This project will generate the first ever theoretically and empirically-grounded comparative and comprehensive picture of the status and legal experiences of asylum-seekers across Europe claiming international protection on the basis of their sexual orientation or gender identity (SOGI), and determine how the European asylum systems can treat more fairly asylum claims based on the claimant’s SOGI. Every year, thousands of individuals claim asylum in Europe based on their SOGI, and more often than not their claims are treated unfairly, especially considering the disproportionately high rate of refusals on these grounds. There have been very limited attempts to address this issue, and this research will overcome this gap by carrying out a study more comprehensive than any other done in this field in the past, and producing outcomes that are unparalleled in terms of their reach.
My main objectives are: 1) to analyse how SOGI related claims are adjudicated in different asylum legal European frameworks (EU, CoE, Germany, Italy, UK), and 2) to produce detailed policy recommendations in regard to the national, European Union and Council of Europe asylum adjudication systems, to the effect of developing a system that addresses adequately the socio-cultural, gender identity and sexual diversity of asylum-seekers.
For the first time, a combined comparative, interdisciplinary (socio-legal), human rights and empirical approach will be adopted to research this field, which requires a substantial long period of research and sustained funding. This approach ensures the unique character of the findings and their impact on improving the current law, policy and decision-making regarding SOGI asylum claims, which are increasingly under close scrutiny across Europe. I am in a unique position to achieve these objectives, in the light of my experience with publications , projects and NGOs in the field of human rights and refugees from socio-legal, empirical and European perspectives.
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ERC-STG - Starting GrantInstitution d’accueil
BN1 9RH Brighton
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