ASYLUM & GENDER IDENTITY
Decision-makers should where possible apply the guidance in the Equal Treatment Bench Book and use gender terminology which respects the chosen identity of claimants before them.
Adam Pipe (No 8 Chambers)
The principles in HJ(Iran) are concerned with the protection of innate characteristics. As such they are to be applied in claims relating to gender identity.
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