Fleeing homophobia : sexual orientation, gender identity and asylum / / edited by Thomas Spijkerboer

• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (258 p.)
• Disciplina: 342.408/3
• Soggetto topico: Sexual minorities - Legal status, laws, etc - Europe; Asylum, Right of - Europe; Refugees - Legal status, laws, etc - Europe; LGBTQ refugees; LGBTQ people
• Altri autori: SpijkerboerT <1963-> (Thomas)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction: fleeing homophobia, asylum claims related to sexual orientation and gender identity in europe / Sabine Jansen -- Overcoming problems with sexual minority refugee claims : is LGBT cultural competency training the solution? / Nicole LaViolette -- Discretion in sexuality-based asylum cases : an adaptive phenomenon / Janna Wessels -- Accommodation : sur place claims and the accommodation requirement in Dutch asylum policy / Hemme Battjes -- Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender refugees : challenges in refugee status determination and living conditions in Turkey / Giulia Cragnolini -- Developing a jurisprudence of transgender particular social group / Laurie Berg and Jenni Millbank -- Sexual orientation and refugee status determination over the past 20 years : unsteady progress through standard sequences? / Jenni Millbank -- Normativity and credibility of sexual orientation in asylum decision making / Louis Middelkoop -- Invisible intersections, queer interventions : same sex family reunification under the rule of asylum law / Petra Sussner -- Sexuality, normativity and asylum : an agenda / Thomas Spijkerboer.
• Sommario/riassunto: Each year, thousands of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 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 including: the underestimation of the relevance of criminalization of sexual orientation as well as the large scale violence against trans people in countries of origin by some European states; the requirement to seek State pro
• Titolo autorizzato: Fleeing homophobia
• ISBN: 1-134-09842-1; 0-203-51572-2; 1-134-09835-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910811084703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II