What is Oueer Enough? Credibility Assessment of LGBT Asylum Applicants in the EU - the Case of Croatia

master's thesis

• Author: Karla Žeravčić
• Mentor: Iris Goldner Lang (mentor)
• Committee member: Iris Goldner Lang (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Nika Bačić Selanec (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Davor Petrić (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Law; (European Public Law); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2022-07-05, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Law; European Public Law

Abstract

Lezbijke, Gej, Biseksualne i Trans (LGBT) osobe koje traže azil temeljem pripadnosti određenoj društvenoj skupini zbog svoje seksualne orijentacije i rodnog identiteta već dugo su priznate od strane Međunarodnog prava o izbjeglicama. Međutim, tvrdnje o seksualnoj orijentaciji i rodnom identitetu su i dalje među najtežim za dokazati u procesu azila. Stoga je cilj ovog rada analizirati procjenu kredibiliteta LGBT tražitelja azila i metode koje se koriste prilikom te procjene u Hrvatskoj. S obzirom da su LGBT podnositelji zahtjeva azila i dalje ‘nevidljiva’ skupina među izbjeglicama i tražiteljima azila, ovaj rad ima za cilj popuniti prazninu i ispitati primjerenost i prikladnost metoda koje se koriste za procjenu kredibiliteta s fokusom na praksu koja se primjenjuje u hrvatskom pravosudnom sustavu. Kako bi to postigla, autorica je analizirala 30 slučajeva vezanih za seksualnu orijentaciju i rodni identitet o kojima su odlučivali drugostupanjske i trećestupanjske instance u Hrvatskoj te je provela polustrukturirane intervjue s relevantnim subjektima koji posjeduju različita znanja i iskustva o ovoj temi.

Abstract (english)

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans (LGBT) people claiming asylum under the membership of a particular social group based on sexual orientation and gender identity have been accepted by International Refugee Law for a long time. However, sexual orientation and gender identity claims remain one of the hardest to prove. Thus, this paper aims to analyse the credibility assessment of LGBT asylum seekers and the methods used in the assessment in Croatia. As LGBT applicants remain the ‘invisible’ group among refugees and asylum seekers, this paper aims to fill in the gap and examine the adequacy and suitability of the methods used to assess credibility while focusing on the practices applied by the Croatian justice system. In order to accomplish this, the author has analysed 30 sexual orientation and gender identity-related cases, decided by second and third instances in Croatia and has conducted semi-structured interviews with stakeholders that possess different knowledge and experience regarding this topic

• Keywords: LGBT podnositelji zahtjeva za azil; Queer izbjeglice; EU sistem azila; hrvatski sistem azila.
• Keywords (english): LGBT asylum seekers; Queer refugees; European asylum system; Croatian asylum system
• Language: english
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:199:004325
• Study programme: Title: Law; Study programme type: university; Study level: integrated undergraduate and graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra prava (magistar/magistra prava)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2022-07-07 09:42:19