The UNHCR Guidance Note also recognizes «that criminal sanctions for
homosexual activity also impede the access of LGBT persons to State protection,» and that such a situation could support a claim that the State condones or tolerates persecution of sexual minorities, or that the State is unable to offer any state protection.
Not exact matches
You should
also discuss that it is inappropriate to use sexual orientation or sexual
activity in insults or bullying (slut - shaming, using
homosexual terms as an insult, etc.) and how to react when peers do so.
The researchers, led by psychologist Boris Cheval at the University of Geneva in Switzerland, concluded that some, though not all, men who scored as more homophobic
also demonstrated a higher interest in
homosexual activities.
The answers will
also be relevant for a preliminary reference that the Dutch Counscil of State has made in a few asylum cases regarding the interpretation of article 9 of the Directive, in particular whether
homosexuals can be ascribed as «a social group» in the sense of the provision, and whether it can be expected from them «to conceal some
homosexual activities».