Report summary:
As part of the UN’s broader efforts to examine and protect LGBTQI+ human rights, this report provides a detailed analysis of examples of forced displacement – both internal and external - within Türkiye and Nigeria and examines the root causes behind it.

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The report, authored by ReportOUT Human Rights Researchers; Riley Campbell (research leader), Georgie Barkas, Hilal Bektaş, Armi Emel Hoy and Obinna Tony-Francis Ochem, highlights specific legislative and societal obstacles that aggravate the displacement of LGBTQ+ communities.  

 

It also considers practical examples of civil unrest and natural disasters and how they societally disadvantage people in the LGBTQ+ communities, often fanning homo, bi and transphobic stigmatisation and violence.  This includes denial of appropriate care in camps for Internally Displaced People, stigmatisation forcing individuals to leave their home regions to find work and homophonic nationalism being amplified by politicians, which causes LGBTQ+ individuals to flee overseas.

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Our report underscores the urgent need for Türkiye and Nigeria to uphold their commitments under the UN charter to respect basic rights associated with housing, healthcare and employment of all individuals, regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity. It also provides practical recommendations to improve treatment of LGBTQ+ refugees in camps for Internally Displaced People (IDPs) and enhancing data collection techniques to ensure the scale of this issue is correctly recorded.

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This report reflects the comprehensive nature of ReportOUT's research, aiming to inform and influence policy changes that provide the conditions for greater political inclusion for SOGI communities globally.