“By accepting such evidence, one would give the impression to other applicants in the future that they would be required to produce such evidence,” he added.
S Chelvan, a barrister at No5 Chambers in London, and an expert on asylum laws in the UK, told this website that same sex intercourse does not prove one is gay. The Luxembourg judges found the practice infringes human dignity. The test involves attaching devices to people’s genitalia and making them watch porn in order to stimulate some sort of sexual arousal.Įlsewhere like the UK, applicants sometimes submit evidence such as photos or video. So-called 'phallometric' tests such as used in the Czech Republic and Slovakia cannot be used. The third is submitting people to physical tests or people who submit video or photographic evidence. The second is sexual practices, meaning authorities cannot ask about one’s sexual practices because it violates the right to respect privacy and family life.
