Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
- Publication Type
Articles 1 - 5 of 5
Full-Text Articles in Law
A Comparative Look At Refugee Status Based On Persecution Due To Membership In A Particular Social Group, Maryellen Fullerton
A Comparative Look At Refugee Status Based On Persecution Due To Membership In A Particular Social Group, Maryellen Fullerton
Cornell International Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Gender-Related Persecution: Assessing The Asylum Claims Of Women, Nancy Kelly
Gender-Related Persecution: Assessing The Asylum Claims Of Women, Nancy Kelly
Cornell International Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Anyplace But Home: Asylum In The United States For Women Fleeing Intimate Violence, Pamela Goldberg
Anyplace But Home: Asylum In The United States For Women Fleeing Intimate Violence, Pamela Goldberg
Cornell International Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death: Political Asylum And The Global Persecution Of Lesbians And Gay Men, Suzanne B. Goldberg
Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death: Political Asylum And The Global Persecution Of Lesbians And Gay Men, Suzanne B. Goldberg
Cornell International Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death: Political Asylum And The Global Persecution Of Lesbians And Gay Men, Suzanne B. Goldberg
Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death: Political Asylum And The Global Persecution Of Lesbians And Gay Men, Suzanne B. Goldberg
Faculty Scholarship
In a time marked by dramatic global change, women and men persecuted because they are lesbian or gay form part of the growing pool of international refugees. Their persecution takes the form of police harassment an assault, involuntary institutionalization and electroshock and drug "treatments," punishment under laws that impose extreme penalties including death for consensual lesbian or gay sexual relations, murder by paramilitary death squads, and government inaction in response to criminal assaults against lesbians and gay men. The survival of these women and men, like the survival of all refugees, depends on obtaining asylum outside the home country. Yet, …