The Global Migration Crisis – The Cases of the United States and Myanmar.
May 11, 2020
What legal instruments can protect LGBTIQ+ refugees?
September 11, 2021Access to Justice for LGBT People Who were Victims of Sexual and Gender-based Violence in Southeast Asia, Europe and North America. A Comparative Research
November 2020
Pp.63-67
The paper urgently exposes the dire crisis of access to justice for LGBT victims of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in Southeast Asia (Cambodia), Europe (Italy), and North America (New York State).
It reveals that, despite different legal frameworks, LGBTIQ+ individuals everywhere are still forced to confront severe and entrenched barriers – stigma, discrimination, and deep mistrust of institutions – when reporting violence and demanding justice.
Through a rigorous mixed-methods approach, the study shows that SGBV against LGBTIQ+ people is gravely underreported, seldom investigated, and rarely punished—leaving transgender individuals and bisexual women in especially imminent danger. The findings lay bare systemic failures in justice systems: vital legal protections are absent; gender bias among practitioners persists unchecked; and meaningful LGBTIQ+ representation in the legal profession remains minimal. The urgent need for transformative gender-sensitive approaches, immediate legal reforms, and sweeping multi-level strategies – including legal overhaul, capacity-building, and relentless advocacy – to secure equal, effective justice for LGBTIQ+ victims worldwide is crystal clear and demands immediate action.