Statement by António Guterres, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT), 17 May 2015
As we get ready to mark this year's International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, I appeal to all governments and societies to promote the values of tolerance and respect for diversity, and to build a world where no one has to be afraid because of their sexual orientation and gender identity.
Over 40 countries worldwide now recognize, as does my Office, that persecution of LGBTI people may constitute a valid ground for asylum under the 1951 Refugee Convention. It is my hope that more and more States will adopt this approach in the future. People fleeing homophobic and transphobic discrimination and violence often experience multiple persecution, at home and in countries of asylum, including from within their own families and communities. On this day, I call on States and societies to provide them with better protection, and to eliminate all such forms of violence and discrimination.
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15 Feb 2002 ... Since the early religious and political persecutions of the Huguenots, then the aristocrats of the ... during the French Revolution in 1789. The persecution of all those who stood against the ...... -
Unit plan for ages 15-18 in Art: Repatriation and Graphic Communication
16 Apr 2007 ... To understand that artists have suffered persecution and exile because of the content and style of ... LESSONS 2 and 3: Persecution and exile CONTENT TEACHING METHODS/LEARNING STRATEGIES Artists who ...... -
UNHCR Resettlement Handbook: Chapter 3 - Refugee Status and Resettlement
Jul 2011 ... 83 3.3.2 Well-founded fear 83 3.3.3 Persecution 84 3.3.4 1951 Convention grounds – the ... Persons who have more than one nationality must establish a well-founded fear of persecution with ...... -
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15 Dec 2015 ... internally and across borders, due to persecution, violent conflict, extremism, mass ... LGBT people often suffer persecution carried out by the state actors with impunity. In Iran, ...... -
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Jun 2017 ... seeing the highest level of people displaced by violence and persecution since the Second World War. ... at a time when the number of people displaced by violence and persecution continues to grow. ...... -
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1 Sep 2003 ... ... Generally speaking, the presence of individual persecution (the key element of the Geneva ... difficult to fit within the definition of persecution as traditionally interpreted for the ...... -
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30 Jun 2006 ... The grant of protection by a country to people fleeing persecution or serious danger in their own ... Asylum-seeker A person who seeks safety from persecution or serious harm in a country other than ...... -
UNHCR Global Trends 2015
20 Jun 2016 ... forcibly displaced worldwide as a result of persecution, conflict, generalized violence, or human ... An estimated 12.4 million people were newly displaced due to conflict or persecution in 2015. This ...... Attachments: 2015 Global Trends Annex Tables (.zip) -
UNHCR Draft Guidelines on International Protection on claims to refugee status related to situations of armed violence and conflict
25 Feb 2016 ... ... 1 (gender-related persecution), 8 (child asylum claims) and 10 (claims related to military service). ... 13 Sexual and gender-related persecution.........