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UNHCR, ‘Asylum-Seekers and Refugees Seeking Protection on Account of their Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity’, 2010

  • Category: Reports
  • Source: UNHCR
  • Subject: Sexual Orientation/Sexuality, Gender Identity, Refugee/Asylum
  • Place: International
  • Year: 2010
  • File: 4cff99a42

UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), ‘Summary Conclusions: Asylum-Seekers and Refugees Seeking Protection on Account of their Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity’, 2010

Abstract

UNHCR organized a Roundtable on Asylum-Seekers and Refugees Seeking Protection on Account of Their Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (“Roundtable”) in response to the growing need to identify and address protection gaps in the treatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (“LGBTI”) asylum-seekers and refugees in all stages of the displacement cycle.

Keywords: Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI), Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, Sexual and reproductive rights