Islamic Republic of Iran

October 2022 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

The case concerned a transgender man from Iran who had obtained asylum in Hungary but could not legally change his gender and name in that country. The Court noted that the domestic system for gender recognition had excluded the applicant simply because he did not have a birth certificate from Hungary, a change in the birth register being the way name and gender changes were legally recognised. The Court concluded that a fair balance had not been struck between the public interest and the applicant’s right to respect for his private life owing to the refusal to give him access to the legal gender recognition procedure.

16 July 2020 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Legal Instrument: 1950 European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) | Topic(s): Birth Certificates - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Right to family life | Countries: Hungary - Iran, Islamic Republic of

21 October 2015 | Publisher: European Council on Refugees and Exiles | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

19 May 2015 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

13 January 2012 | Judicial Body: Netherlands, The: Council of State (Raad van State) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Administrative law - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Social group persecution - Standard of proof | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - Netherlands

On appeal from the England and Wales Court of Appeal: [2009] EWCA Civ 172. The case summary in English has been prepared in the framework of the Knowledge-Based Harmonisation of European Asylum Practices Project (2010-2012), co-financed by the European Refugee Fund.

7 July 2010 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Supreme Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Social group persecution | Countries: Cameroon - Iran, Islamic Republic of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Unofficial translation by the Immigration Appeals Board, Norway.

29 June 2010 | Judicial Body: Norway: Supreme Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Cessation clauses - Changes of circumstances in home country - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Refugees - Social group persecution | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - Norway

19 April 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

Application for leave to appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal.

18 November 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Session (Scotland) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Social group persecution | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AA/04063/2007).

10 November 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Christian - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Mental health - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Social group persecution | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland