Bennett, ‘The “Cure” That Harms’, 1999

Category: Literature
Source: Academic
Subject: Sexual Orientation/Sexuality, Gender Identity, Refugee/Asylum, Migration, Human Rights, LGBT+
Place: International
Year: 1999
File: <a href="https://www.sogica.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/The-22Cure22-That-Harms.pdf">The Cure That Harms
URL: <a href="https://digitalcommons.law.ggu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1742&context=ggulrev">https://digitalcommons.law.ggu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1742&context=ggulrev

Alan Bennett, ‘The “Cure” That Harms: Sexual Orientation-Based Asylum and the Changing Definition of Persecution’, Golden Gate University Law Review 29 (2), 1999, pp 279- 309

Abstract

This note will discuss the history of sexual orientation-based asylum law. Further, it will outline the statutory requirements for asylum, explain the legal procedure of gaining asylum, and discuss the case law recognition of lesbians and gay men as “a particular social group.” In addition, it will address the standards and definitions of persecution.