Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Claims of Asylum project

SOGICA is a research project funded by the European Research Council (ERC) that explores the social and legal experiences of asylum seekers across Europe claiming international protection on the basis of their sexual orientation or gender identity (SOGI). Focusing on Germany, Italy and the UK as case studies, and analysing how SOGI related claims are addressed at European level – covering the European Union (EU) and Council of Europe (CoE) – the project seeks to determine how European asylum systems can treat asylum claims based on the claimant’s SOGI more fairly. The website has an excellent database of cases, policy documents and human rights reports on the topics many of which are full text. It also has links to LGBT asylum NGOs and support groups in the main case study nations.