LGBTQIA+ asylum: From recognition to data provision in Brazil

Felipe Nicolau Pimentel Alamino; Izabela Zonato Villas Boas

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Felipe Nicolau Pimentel Alamino University of Sao Paulo (USP) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8221-6897
Izabela Zonato Villas Boas Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0627-8367

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LGBTQIA , asylum, the Yogyakarta Principles, UNCHR, human rights

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LGBTQIA+ asylum is a reality in Brazil, although it is not expressly included in the convention. Starting with historical research, the article shows how LGBTQIA+ asylum has been consolidated in International Law and, specifically in Brazil, as a country where there are also cases of homophobia and transphobia, LGBTQIA+ asylum is guaranteed, even if the information requested from the Federal Police and the National Committee for Refugees from Brazil do not currently indicate whether the number of concessions specifically for these groups has increased or decreased. Addressing the cliquet effect, it demonstrates the impossibility of retroaction in terms of Human Rights, preventing the denial of the granting of asylum in Brazil to this people, which is the distinctive focus of the research. The deductive method, combined with qualitative analysis of primary sources, such as official documents, and bibliographical sources were used to achieve the results.

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Doctor in International Law at the University of São Paulo – USP. Specialist in International Law at the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo - PUCSP. Member of the Research Group CEPIM-USP - Center for Studies on the International Protection of Minorities of the University of São Paulo and Co-organizer of the Permanent Forum on Genocide and Crimes against Humanity (USP). E-mail: felipenic@gmail.com

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PhD's student and Master in Political and Economic Law at Mackenzie Presbyterian University. Master by the International Institute of Legal Sociology in Oñati (Spain). Lato Sensu Postgraduate in Constitutional and Administrative Law at Escola Paulista de Direito. Graduated in Law from Mackenzie Presbyterian University. Member of the Research Groups “Research Center on International Protection of Minorities” from the University of São Paulo and “Public Policies as an instrument for effectiving Citizenship” and “Public Safety and Citizenship” both from the Mackenzie Presbyterian University. Member of the Research Committee on Sociology of Law. E-mail: izabelazonato@gmail.com

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