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You are here: BAILII >> Databases >> United Kingdom Asylum and Immigration Tribunal >> MV (Risk, Homosexuals) Ukraine CG [2003] UKIAT 00005 (29 May 2003) URL: https://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKIAT/2003/00005.html Cite as: [2003] UKIAT 00005, [2003] UKIAT 5 |
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MV (Risk – Homosexuals
) Ukraine CG [2003] UKIAT 00005
Date of hearing: 09.04.03
Date Determination notified: 29/05/2003
MV | APPELLANT |
and | |
Secretary of State for the Home Department | RESPONDENT |
Page | number | summary |
3 | 1 | "… the opinion that gays and lesbians should be allowed to live as they like, so long as they remain not too visible, is most widespread in our modern Ukrainian society. According to our own experience, active homophobia is not widespread": mass prosecution, beatings and blackmail are history, but public displays of affection between men are "all but unthinkable" |
3 | 2 | Attitudes differ considerably between the cities and countryside. |
3 | 3 | Officials are reluctant to acknowledge the existence of ![]() ![]() |
4-5 | Former President Leonid Kravchuk regards the problems of sexual minorities as having a low priority (and expresses personal distaste for their practices) | |
5 | The judicial system is weak, without enough human rights expertise: there is no mention of sexual orientation in the legislation. | |
6 | 1 | "Same-sex families" are neither forbidden nor acknowledged by the legislation. |
2 | Consensual sodomy is not punishable by law: the age of consent for both heterosexual and ![]() ![]() |
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7 | 1 | "The overwhelming majority of gays and lesbians has not yet come out of the closet" – though at the same time "55% of the people polled do reveal their sexual orientation – at least to their acquaintances and friends who are outside the lesbian and gay community |
` | 2 | "There is a general atmosphere of distrust towards ![]() ![]() |
8 | Many more respondents in the countryside had met violence (14.8%) or blackmail (11.5%) as a result of "coming out" than the national average (7.3% in either case) |
We should like to repeat our view that the Soros report, though prepared by a pressure-group, is an exceptionally well-balanced piece of work, which might well put to shame the productions of a number of well-known, and supposedly independent country experts. It is clear from it that
Appeal dismissed
John Freeman (chairman)