Adjudication of asylum claims (refugee status determination / asylum procedures) / Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity

The issues that arise on this appeal are whether the Upper Tribunal in OO (Algeria) wrongly equated persecution with a risk of being subjected to physical violence and also failed to consider, cumulatively, the impact of the treatment that gay men would face in Algeria. Further, the appeal raises the issues of whether it would be unduly harsh to require the appellant to relocate within Algeria or whether returning him to Algeria would amount to a disproportionate interference with his rights under Article 8 of the Convention given that he would conceal his sexual orientation if he returned to live in Algeria.

14 December 2020 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity | Countries: Algeria - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

21 February 2020 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

September 2017 | Publisher: United Kingdom: Home Office | Document type: Country Reports

May 2016 | Publisher: International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) | Document type: Annual Reports

February 2016 | Publisher: United Kingdom: Home Office | Document type: Country Reports

12 May 2014 | Publisher: Germany: Federal Office for Migration and Asylum | Document type: Country News