Conference: Out & Proud? LGBTI asylum in Europe

Thursday 5 & Friday 6 October 2017

Amsterdam, The Netherlands 

About the conference
During the conference Out & Proud? LGBTI asylum in Europe we will explore both the legal and the social aspects of LGBTI asylum issues. Our aim is to bring together lawyers, NGOs, researchers, activists, policy makers and LGBTI refugees.
Since the Fleeing Homophobia report and conference (September 2011), several legal and social developments and improvements have occurred in the LGBTI asylum field in Europe. The EU Court of Justice delivered judgements on asylum claims based on sexual orientation (XYZ and ABC v. the Netherlands), the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) presented the training module Gender, Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation, and activists and NGOs undertook new initiatives to support LGBTI asylum seekers. At the Out & Proud? conference we will take stock of where we are, share our knowledge and experiences, and discuss how to further our goals.

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Submit an abstract
We have reserved various panels for researchers who want to present papers. We welcome your submission of an abstract on any topic that is relevant to LGBTI asylum. After the conference a selection of the papers will be published. Potential submissions include, but are not limited to:

Credibility assessment Discrimination or persecution Safe countries of origin	Homonationalism & asylum Country of origin information Late disclosure

If you are interested in presenting a paper during the conference, please send an abstract of max. 300 words to Sabine Jansen sjansen@coc.nl and Jessica van Zadelhoff jvanzadelhoff@coc.nl before 20 June 2017. Submit your abstract as PDF-file and include the title of your paper and a biography of max. 100 words. The deadline for submission of the final paper is 15 September 2017

Bron: https://www.coc.nl/asylum-conference