24 October 2011

Video Resources: LGBT Asylum Issues

The LGBT Asylum News blog regularly posts videos that focus on asylum and RSD issues relating to lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgender asylum seekers. Here are a few recent ones:

Getting Out (Refugee Law Project) [access]
- "A documentary following the stories of five individuals seeking to escape persecution on the grounds of their gender or sexual preference. Shot in Uganda, South Africa, Geneva and London, the film is 60 minutes and is viewable in two parts."

"Hidden Topics in LGBTI Asylum and Refugee Law," ORAM Second Annual Lecture Series, San Francisco, 24 June 2011
- The Meaning of 'Persecution' in LGBTI Refugee Claims [access]
- The Invisible Refugee: Intersex, Persecution and Protection [access]
- Accessing Protection: The NGO Sector and LGBTI Refugees [access]
- Adjudication of LGBTI Asylum Claims [access]
- An Overview of LGBTI Refugees [access]

LGBT Asylum in the EU: Expert Presentation to Euro Parliament (Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) [access]
- Presentation at the 20 Oct. 2011 meeting on "A Common European Asylum System by 2012?"

New Film Looks at Plight of Gay Palestinian Refugees in Israel (Yariv Mozer) [access]
- Introduces the film "The Invisible Men.

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1 comment:

paulocanning said...

Thanks. Enjoy!