Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Claims of Asylum: A European human rights challenge

Project Information

SOGICA

Grant agreement ID: 677693

DOI

10.3030/677693

Project closed

EC signature date 10 May 2016

Start date 1 September 2016

End date 31 October 2020

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 1 000 565,00

EU contribution

€ 1 000 565,00

Coordinated by

THE UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX
United Kingdom

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (13)

Pathways to Refugee Protection for Women: Victims of Violence or Genuine Lesbians?

Author(s): Dustin, M.
Published in: Refugee Survey Quarterly, Issue 41(3), 2022, Page(s) 393–419, ISSN 1020-4067
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/rsq/hdac013

Legal Violence and (In)Visible Families: How Law Shapes and Erases Family Life in SOGI Asylum in Europe

Author(s): Danisi, C.; Ferreira, N.
Published in: Human Rights Law Review, Issue 22(1), 2022, Page(s) 1-31, ISSN 1461-7781
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/hrlr/ngab020

What ‘Safe Harbours’ are there for sexual orientation and gender identity asylum claims? A human rights reading of international law of the sea and refugee law

Author(s): Carmelo Danisi
Published in: GenIUS – Rivista di studi giuridici sull’orientamento sessuale e sull’identita’ di genere, Issue 2, 2018, Page(s) 9–24, ISSN 2384-9495
Publisher: Articolo29

Utterly Unbelievable: The Discourse of ‘Fake’ SOGI Asylum Claims as a Form of Epistemic Injustice

Author(s): Nuno Ferreira
Published in: International Journal of Refugee Law, Issue 1, 2022, Page(s) 303-326, ISSN 0953-8186
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/ijrl/eeac041

Reforming the Common European Asylum System: enough rainbow for queer asylum seekers?

Author(s): Nuno Ferreira
Published in: GenIUS – Rivista di studi giuridici sull’orientamento sessuale e sull’identita’ di genere, Issue 2, 2018, Page(s) 25–42, ISSN 2384-9495
Publisher: Articolo29

“As queer refugees, we are out of category, we do not belong to one, or the other”: LGBTIQ+ refugees’ experiences in “ambivalent” queer spaces

Author(s): Held, N
Published in: Ethnic and Racial Studies, Issue 1, 2022, Page(s) 1898-1918, ISSN 0141-9870
Publisher: Routledge
DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2022.2032246

Canada’s Guideline 9: improving SOGIE claims assessment?’

Author(s): Moira Dustin, Nuno Ferreira
Published in: Forced Migration Review, Issue 56 (October), 2017, Page(s) 80-83, ISSN 1460-9819
Publisher: Refugee Studies Centre

Many Rivers to Cross: The Recognition of LGBTQI Asylum in the UK

Author(s): Moira Dustin
Published in: International Journal of Refugee Law, Issue 30/1, 2018, Page(s) 104-127, ISSN 0953-8186
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/ijrl/eey018

In or out? A queer intersectional approach to ‘particular social group’ membership and credibility in SOGI asylum claims in Germany and the UK

Author(s): Moira Dustin, Nina Held
Published in: GenIUS – Rivista di studi giuridici sull’orientamento sessuale e sull’identita’ di genere, Issue 2, 2018, Page(s) 74–87, ISSN 2384-9495
Publisher: Articolo29

Crossing borders between International Refugee Law and International Human Rights Law in the European context: Can human rights enhance protection against persecution based on sexual orientation (and beyond)?

Author(s): Carmelo Danisi
Published in: Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights, Issue 37/4, 2019, Page(s) 359-378, ISSN 0924-0519
Publisher: Stichting Studie- en Informatiecentrum Mensenrechten
DOI: 10.1177/0924051919884758

Improving SOGI Asylum Adjudication: Putting Persecution Ahead of Identity

Author(s): Moira Dustin; Nuno Ferreira
Published in: Refugee Survey Quarterly, Issue 1, 2021, Page(s) 315–347, ISSN 1471-695X
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/rsq/hdab005

Better late than never? SOGI asylum claims and “late disclosure” through a Foucauldian lens

Author(s): Ferreira, N.
Published in: Journal of International Law and Foreign Affairs, Issue 27(1), 2023, Page(s) 17-56, ISSN 1089-2605
Publisher: UCLA

Editorial: Sexuality, Gender and Asylum: Refugees at a Crossroads

Author(s): Nina Held; Christel Querton; Moira Dustin; Carmelo Danisi; Nuno Ferreira
Published in: 2673-2726, Issue 1, 2022, Page(s) 1-2, ISSN 2673-2726
Publisher: Frontiers Media
DOI: 10.3389/fhumd.2022.930310

Other (14)

Policy Briefing: Queer Asylum in Germany: Better visibility and access to legal and social support needed for LGBTQI+ people seeking asylum in Germany

Author(s): Mengia Tschalaer, Nina Held
Published in: PolicyBristol, 2020
Publisher: University of Bristol

30 Empfehlungen zur Verbesserung des Lebens von Menschen, die aufgrund von ihrer sexuellen Orientierung oder Geschlechtsidentität (SOGI) in Deutschland Asyl beantragen

Author(s): Carmelo Danisi, Moira Dustin, Nuno Ferreira, Nina Held
Published in: 2020
Publisher: University of Sussex

Anche i rifugiati transgender hanno diritto al cambio del nome: un passo avanti nel riconoscimento dei bisogni dei richiedenti e rifugiati SOGI in ambito CEDU

Author(s): Carmelo Danisi, Nuno Ferreira
Published in: Articolo29, Issue 22 July 2020, 2020
Publisher: Articolo29

Queering Asylum in Europe: A Survey Report

Author(s): Vitor Lopes Andrade, Carmelo Danisi, Moira Dustin, Nuno Ferreira, Nina Held
Published in: 2020
Publisher: University of Sussex

30 recommendations for improving the lives of people claiming asylum on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (SOGI) in the UK

Author(s): Carmelo Danisi, Moira Dustin, Nuno Ferreira, Nina Held
Published in: 2020
Publisher: University of Sussex

32 recommendations to the European Commission on the new EU LGBTI+ Equality Strategy

Author(s): Carmelo Danisi, Moira Dustin, Nuno Ferreira, Nina Held
Published in: 2020
Publisher: European Commission

Designating “vulnerability”: the asylum claims of women and sexual minorities

Author(s): Moira Dustin
Published in: RLI Blog on Refugee Law and Forced Migration, Issue 19 June 2017, 2017
Publisher: Refugee Law Initiative

What does a genuine lesbian/gay relationship look like in the eyes of asylum decision makers?

Author(s): Nina Held
Published in: Discover Society, 2017
Publisher: Discover Society

"Op-Ed: Sexual orientation, gender identity and asylum in the UK: is ""discretion"" ever a choice?"

Author(s): Moira Dustin
Published in: ECRE Weekly Bulletin, Issue May 2018, 2018
Publisher: The European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)

Testing the untestable: The CJEU’s decision in Case C-473/16, F v Bevándorlási és Állampolgársági Hivatal

Author(s): Nuno Ferreira, Denise Venturi
Published in: EDAL – European Database of Asylum Law, Issue 28 June 2018, 2018
Publisher: The European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)

The reform of the Common European Asylum System: Fifteen recommendations from a Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Perspective

Author(s): Nuno Ferreira, Carmelo Danisi, Moira Dustin, Nina Held
Published in: Issue May 2018, 2018
Publisher: SOGICA/University of Sussex

Neocolonial agendas and asylum for women and sexual minorities

Author(s): Moira Dustin
Published in: Sussex Student Law Journal, Issue Ed.1 Vol.2, 2018, Page(s) 25-33
Publisher: University of Sussex

Academic Armchair: Queering Brexit

Author(s): Carmelo Danisi, Moira Dustin, Nuno Ferreira
Published in: The Badger, Issue 13 November 2017, 2017
Publisher: University of Sussex Student Union

30 raccomandazioni per migliorare l’esperienza delle persone che chiedono protezione internazionale in ragione dell’orientamento sessuale o dell’identità di genere (SOGI) in Italia

Author(s): Carmelo Danisi, Moira Dustin, Nuno Ferreira, Nina Held
Published in: 2020
Publisher: University of Sussex

Book chapters (3)

An exercise in detachment: the Strasbourg Court and sexual minority refugees

Author(s): Nuno Ferreira
Published in: Queer migration and asylum in Europe, 2021, ISBN 9781787355873
Publisher: UCL Press

Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity. Claims of Asylum in Germany - Intersectional Legal, Social and Methodological Challenges

Author(s): Nina Held
Published in: Refugees & Queers - Forschung und Bildung an der Schnittstelle von LSBTTIQ, Fluchtmigration und Emanzipationspolitiken, 2019, Page(s) 53-80, ISBN 9783839442111
Publisher: transcript-Verlag
DOI: 10.14361/9783839442111-004

Queering International Refugee Law

Author(s): Nuno Ferreira, Carmelo Danisi
Published in: The Oxford Handbook of International Refugee Law, 2021
Publisher: OUP

Monographic books (3)

Legal and Social Experiences of Seeking International Protection on grounds of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

Author(s): Danisi, C; Dustin, M; Ferreira, N; Held, N
Published in: 9783030694401, Issue 1, 2021
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-69441-8

Queering asylum in Europe: Legal and social experiences of seeking international protection on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity

Author(s): Carmelo Danisi, Moira Dustin, Nuno Ferreira, Nina Held
Published in: 2021
Publisher: Springer

”They sent me to the mountain” : the role of space, faith and support groups for LGBTIQ+ asylum claimants

Author(s): M Dustin; N Held
Published in: Queer Migration and Asylum in Europe, Issue 1, 2021, ISBN 978-1-78735-581-1
Publisher: UCL Press
DOI: 10.14324/111.9781787355811