Asylos and ARC Foundation, ‘Ghana: State treatment of LGBTQI+ persons’, 2021
- Category: Reports
- Source: NGOs
- Subject: Sexual Orientation/Sexuality, Gender Identity, Intersex, Refugee/Asylum, LGBT+
- Place: Africa
- Year: 2021
- File: ARC_Ghana-state-treatment-of-LGBTQI-persons_2021
- URL: https://www.asylos.eu/news/new-research-report-on-lgbtqi-in-ghana-launched
Asylos and ARC Foundation, ‘Ghana: State treatment of LGBTQI+ persons’, 2021
This joint report by Asylos and ARC Foundation addresses an information gap on the topic of state treatment of LGBTQI+ persons in Ghana. The topic was chosen through consultation with legal representatives in the UK who identified this as an existing gap in country of origin information (COI). Tribunal guidance in the form of UK Country Guidance determinations on this issue is non-existent and currently UK Home Office figures indicate a low acceptance rate at first instance and of allowed appeals of asylum claims. In sharing our findings, we hope to fill the gap in COI literature about the treatment of LGBTQI+ persons fearing the state and thus contribute to a more informed and complete picture of the situation.