Author: Marios Kontos

Marios Kontos

Marios Kontos is Legal Officer at the UK Lesbian & Gay Immigration Group (UKLGIG).

Asylum, sexuality and concealment: where are we a decade on from HJ (Iran)?

7 July 2020 No Comments

On 7 July 2010, the Supreme Court handed down its landmark decision in HJ (Iran) [2010] UKSC 31, in which it established how asylum applications are

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Asylum, sexuality and concealment: where are we a decade on from HJ (Iran)?

On 7 July 2010, the Supreme Court handed down its landmark decision in HJ (Iran) [2010] UKSC 31, in which it established how asylum applications are to be decided when applicants flee persecution on the basis of their sexual orientation. The ruling effectively ended the wrongful expectation that applicants remain...

7th July 2020

Author: Marios Kontos

Marios Kontos

Asylum, sexuality and concealment: where are we a decade on from HJ (Iran)?

Asylum, sexuality and concealment: where are we a decade on from HJ (Iran)?

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