diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 779d576..516a100 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [1.0.2] - 2023-06-16 :corn:
+- Raises a more specific exception `ForbiddenError` when the user of an
+  operation is authenticated properly, but authorization fails.
+  This enables better handling of authorization error, differentiating when the
+  user context is missing or invalid, and when the context is valid but the
+  user has no rights to do a certain operation. See [#371](https://github.com/Neoteroi/BlackSheep/issues/371).
+
 ## [1.0.1] - 2023-03-20 :sun_with_face:
 - Improves the automatic rotation of `JWKS`: when validating `JWTs`, `JWKS` are
   refreshed automatically if an unknown `kid` is encountered, and `JWKS` were
diff --git a/guardpost/__about__.py b/guardpost/__about__.py
index 5c4105c..7863915 100644
--- a/guardpost/__about__.py
+++ b/guardpost/__about__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "1.0.1"
+__version__ = "1.0.2"
diff --git a/guardpost/authorization.py b/guardpost/authorization.py
index 383bb41..361b714 100644
--- a/guardpost/authorization.py
+++ b/guardpost/authorization.py
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ def _is_async_handler(handler_type: Type[Requirement]) -> bool:
 
 
 class UnauthorizedError(AuthorizationError):
+    """
+    Error class used for all situations in which a user initiating an operation is not
+    authorized to complete the operation.
+    """
+
     def __init__(
         self,
         forced_failure: Optional[str],
@@ -85,6 +90,14 @@ def _get_message(forced_failure, failed_requirements):
         return "Unauthorized"
 
 
+class ForbiddenError(UnauthorizedError):
+    """
+    A specific kind of authorization error, used to indicate that the application
+    understands a request but refuses to authorize it. In other words, the user context
+    is valid but the user is not authorized to perform a certain operation.
+    """
+
+
 class AuthorizationContext:
     __slots__ = ("identity", "requirements", "_succeeded", "_failed_forced")
 
@@ -228,6 +241,10 @@ async def _handle_with_policy(self, policy: Policy, identity: Identity, scope: A
                     requirement.handle(context)  # type: ignore
 
             if not context.has_succeeded:
+                if identity and identity.is_authenticated():
+                    raise ForbiddenError(
+                        context.forced_failure, context.pending_requirements
+                    )
                 raise UnauthorizedError(
                     context.forced_failure, context.pending_requirements
                 )
diff --git a/tests/test_authorization.py b/tests/test_authorization.py
index b04e855..90b910f 100644
--- a/tests/test_authorization.py
+++ b/tests/test_authorization.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 from guardpost.authorization import (
     AuthorizationContext,
     AuthorizationStrategy,
+    ForbiddenError,
     Policy,
     PolicyNotFoundError,
     Requirement,
@@ -164,32 +165,6 @@ def request_identity_getter(request):
     return request.user
 
 
-@pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_authorization_identity_getter():
-    class UserNameRequirement(Requirement):
-        def __init__(self, expected_name: str):
-            self.expected_name = expected_name
-
-        async def handle(self, context: AuthorizationContext):
-            assert context.identity is not None
-
-            if context.identity.has_claim_value("name", self.expected_name):
-                context.succeed(self)
-
-    auth = get_strategy(
-        [Policy("user", UserNameRequirement("Tybek"))], request_identity_getter
-    )
-
-    @auth(policy="user")
-    async def some_method(request: Request):
-        assert request is not None
-        return True
-
-    value = await some_method(Request(User({"name": "Tybek"})))
-
-    assert value is True
-
-
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_claims_requirement():
     auth = get_strategy(
@@ -422,3 +397,50 @@ async def some_method():
 
     with raises(TypeError, match="Missing identity getter function."):
         await some_method()
+
+
+class UserNameRequirement(Requirement):
+    def __init__(self, expected_name: str):
+        self.expected_name = expected_name
+
+    async def handle(self, context: AuthorizationContext):
+        assert context.identity is not None
+
+        if context.identity.has_claim_value("name", self.expected_name):
+            context.succeed(self)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_authorization_identity_getter():
+    auth = get_strategy(
+        [Policy("user", UserNameRequirement("Tybek"))], request_identity_getter
+    )
+
+    @auth(policy="user")
+    async def some_method(request: Request):
+        assert request is not None
+        return True
+
+    value = await some_method(Request(User({"name": "Tybek"})))
+
+    assert value is True
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_authorization_identity_getter_forbidden():
+    auth = get_strategy(
+        [Policy("user", UserNameRequirement("Tybek"))], request_identity_getter
+    )
+
+    @auth(policy="user")
+    async def some_method(request: Request):
+        assert request is not None
+        return True
+
+    with pytest.raises(UnauthorizedError):
+        await some_method(
+            Request(User({"some_prop": "Example"}, authentication_mode=None))
+        )
+
+    with pytest.raises(ForbiddenError):
+        await some_method(Request(User({"name": "Foo"}, authentication_mode="cookie")))