UNHCR Guidance Note on Refugee Claims Relating to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

Document source:

UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Date:
21 November 2008

UNHCR Guidance Note on Refugee Claims Relating to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

Note d'orientation du HCR sur les demandes de reconnaissance du statut de réfugié relatives à l'orientation sexuelle et à l'identité de genre

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Nota de orientación del ACNUR sobre las solicitudes de la condición de refugiado relacionadas con la orientación sexual y la identidad de género

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Title

UNHCR Guidance Note on Refugee Claims Relating to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

Document source

UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Date

21 November 2008

Document type

Legal Policy and Guidance

Collection

Policy & Guidance

Keywords

Gender discrimination

Gender-based persecution

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI)

Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity

Comments:

These Guidelines are replaced by Guidelines on International Protection No. 9: Claims to Refugee Status based on Sexual Orientation and/or Gender Identity within the context of Article 1A(2) of the 1951 Convention and/or its 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees

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