Austin Ruckstuhl

Austin Ruckstuhl is a research intern at the United Nations University Institute on Globalisation, Culture and Mobility. He is also a master's candidate at the Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals, where his research examines the role of civil society in international forums.

Fleeing for simply being: the legal and subjective battles faced by LGBTI refugees

LGBTI refugees contend with compounding layers of vulnerability. They are rarely afforded additional protection, and fear of persecution due to sexual orientation is often an insufficient basis for an asylum claim.

By Austin Ruckstuhl

/ 13 Jun 2016

Fleeing for simply being: the legal and subjective battles faced by LGBTI refugees

By Austin Ruckstuhl

/ 13 Jun 2016