ADDRESSING VULNERABILITIES OF LGBT PERSONS IN DETENTION to detention activities. Moreover, it was noted that being placed there does not completely eliminate the risk of abuse, particularly if the placement simply involves segregation without strengthening the broader protection framework for vulnerable groups. Some institutions have a wing exclusively reserved for LGBT persons, a measure that seems to have been well received by the LGBT persons concerned who have reportedly advocated for the continuation of this system. However, participants pointed out the importance of being aware of the excesses that such a measure can generate, such as in the definition of selection criteria for access to these wings and the strong risk that their creation may lead to further stigmatisation of LGBT persons. Turkey: the “Pink Prison” project In Izmir (Turkey), a prison reserved exclusively for LGBT detainees could open by 2017. The "Pink Prison", as the media call it, highlights the discrimination and stigmatisation LGBT persons face in Turkey. This project is strongly criticised by local NGOs for the following reasons: 1. Such an institution will only strengthen the stigmatisation of this population and may also have a negative impact on the families who visit their relatives held there. 2. Nobody should be forced to disclose their sexual orientation or gender identity, as stipulated in the Yogyakarta Principles. 3. Placing an individual in a prison reserved for LGBT persons would be similar to a forced "coming out" (and the criteria for determining whether a person is lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender is also a problematic issue). 4. Placing all detainees identified as LGBT persons in the same prison would not take into consideration the place of residence of their respective families or the city in which the judicial hearings of their cases are to be held. These issues illustrate the negative impact of such a project and its incapacity to address the main problem: the abuse and illtreatment LGBT detainees face based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. 15