‘The Truth of Oneself’: Governing Homosexual Asylum Seekers Through Confession
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This article addresses the question of how the ‘truth’ about homosexual asylum seekers is constituted through legal proceedings, what kinds of subjectivities are produced in the asylum process and how these issues reflect the EU law as it relates to questions of asylum. The analysis is carried out through the Foucauldian concept of confession and case analysis of the Court of Justice of the European Union’s legal praxis. The article concludes that the credibility assessment of homosexual asylum seekers can be understood as a confessional practice where ‘truth-telling’ subjects are produced and linked to relationships of power and domination.
Source: Law Culture and the Humanities
Author: Iiris Tuominen
Institution: University of Lapland
Language: English
Topic: Gender and Women's Rights
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $3,650
Funder: Suomen Kulttuurirahasto
Award: G7848506226
OpenAlex ID: W4408986690