SOGICA - A European Human Rights Challenge

Every year, thousands of individuals claim asylum in Europe based on their sexual orientation or gender identity, and existing studies indicate that their claims are often treated unfairly, based on inappropriate legal, cultural and social stereotypes.


SOGICA, a four person european funded research team based in the School of Law, Politics and Sociology at the Univesirty of Sussex at the has been examining these claims both on a European level, and also in three particular research countries the UK, Italy and Germany.

It compromises an international lawyer, a Sussex law professor, a political scientist and a sociologist all with strong and varied histories working in this area.

Find out more: www.sogica.org

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