Title | 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 |
Publisher | UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) |
Publication Date | 23 October 2012 |
Topics | Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) | Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity |
Citation / Document Symbol | HCR/GIP/12/01 |
Other Languages / Attachments | Czech | Dutch | French - Principes directeurs sur la protection internationale N ° 9 | Georgian | German | Greek | Italian- Linee Guida In Materia Di Protezione Internazionale N.9 | Japanese | Portuguese - Orientações sobre a protecção Não. Internacional 9 | Russian | Spanish- Directrices Sobre Protección Internacional No. 9 | Turkish |
Cite as | UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), 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, 23 October 2012, HCR/GIP/12/01, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/50348afc2.html [accessed 6 November 2021] |
Comments | These Guidelines replace the UNHCR Guidance Note on Refugee Claims Relating to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (2008) & complements UNHCR's Handbook and Guidelines on Procedures and Criteria for Determining Refugee Status under the 1951 Convention and the 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees |