A concessão de refúgio a mulheres lésbicas, no sistema internacional, regional e nacional de proteção aos refugiados, em face de dupla vulnerabilidade social

Abstract

Compulsory displacements motivated by sexual orientation are relevant issues for International Refugee Law. In this sense, lesbian women appear as particularly fragile categories because of a double degree of vulnerability: gender and sexual orientation. Thus, this paper aims to investigate how the interweaving of these two factors of hyposufficiency leads to specific persecutions against lesbian women, which are understood as motivations for the legitimate recognition of the lesbian refuge in international, regional and national legislations on refugees.