Fleeing Homophobia: Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Asylum

ISBN-13: 9780415628174 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 264 str.

Thomas Spijkerboer

Opis

Each year, thousands of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex asylum seekers apply for asylum in EU Member States. This book considers the position of LGBTI asylum seekers in European asylum law. Developing an encompassing approach to the topic, the book identifies and analyzes the main legal issues arising in relation to LGBTI people seeking asylum.

Spis treści

1. Fleeing Homophobia. Asylum claims related to sexual orientation and gender identity in Europe, Sabine Jansen 2. Sexual Orientation and Refugee Status Determination over the Past 20 Years: Unsteady Progress through Standard Sequences?, Jenni Millbank 3. "Discretion" in sexuality-based asylum cases: An adaptive phenomenon, Janna Wessels 4. Accommodation: Sur place claims and the accommodation requirement, Hemme Battjes 5. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Refugees: Challenges in Refugee Status Determination and Living Conditions in Turkey, Giulia Cragnolini 6. Developing a Jurisprudence of Transgender Particular Socail Group, Laurie Berg and Jenni Millbank 7. Normativity and Credibility of Sexual Orientation in Assylum Decision Making, Louis Middelkoop 8. Invisible Intersections: Queer Interventions and Same Sex Family Reunification under the Rule of Assylum Law, Petra Sussner 9. Overcoming Problems with Sexual Minority Refugee Claims: Is LGBT Cultural Competency Training the Solution?, Nicole La Violette 10. Sexuality, normativity and asylum: An agenda, Thomas Spijkerboer

O autorze

Thomas Spijkerboer is professor of migration law at VU University Amsterdam. He has published on gender and sexuality (Gender and Refugee Status, Ashgate 2000; Women and Immigration Law, with Sarah van Walsum, Routledge 2007). He also publishes on the role of courts in migration law, and on border deaths.