Asylum based on persecution due to sexual orientation

Abstract

the International Law of Refugees has been able to protect those individuals that suffer from persecution in the respective origin countries and gave to them a temporary solution, improving their quality of life. While the causes for applying the refugee status are fixed and have not changed during the years, the contemporary world shows that new emerging conflicts have arisen and that human beings must be protected from other forms of persecution, which were not included in the original treaties. This is a case of the people, who suffers persecution due to the fact that they have a different sexual orientation than the heterosexual.