Essays about: "1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the words 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees.
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1. Gender-related persecution of refugee women - A feminist analysis of the persecution grounds of the refugee definition
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : Like many other international human rights law instruments, the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees was written from a male perspective, which has resulted in that the refugee definition of the Convention historically has been interpreted through a framework of male experiences. For this reason, many asylum claims of female applicants have been ignored. READ MORE
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2. No Freedom in a Closet: The Persistence of Discretion Reasoning in the Refugee Status Determination Process for Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Asylum Applications to the European Union
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : Lesbian, gay, and bisexual people continue to face discrimination and persecution in their daily lives, often from both the state and their communities. Where states do not provide for the basic human rights and physical security of their lesbian, gay, and bisexual citizens, many such citizens would flee their countries of origin in search of refuge in more hospitable countries. READ MORE
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3. Female Genital Mutilation and Refugee Status in Swedish Asylum Cases - A Critique from a Gender Perspective
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : There has been an increased awareness during the past decades of how structural gender inequalities have negatively affected women’s ability to claim refugee status as defined in the 1951 UN Convention relating to the Status of Refugees. In Sweden, this discussion led to an amendment of the Immigration Act in 2005, where gender-related persecution was added as a ground for refugee status. READ MORE
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4. A Study of the Protection Afforded to Persons at Risk of Trafficking by Article 1A(2) of the Geneva Convention Regarding the Status of Refugees (1951) as Amended by the Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees (1967)
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : The Geneva Convention regarding the Status of Refugees (1951) protects whoever can be considered a refugee internationally. Even though there is little doubt trafficked persons suffer harm on account of this criminal business, the applicability of the Convention in these cases is problematic since persons at risk cannot easily fulfil the criteria set up in Art. READ MORE
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5. Review of Asylum Policies and Procedures in The Bahamas: Are Current Policies and Procedures Consistent with International Instruments for the Protection of Refugees?
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : Volatile conflicts, poverty and suppression of basic human rights stemming from one's political or religious affiliations, gender and race, are some of the various reasons why thousands flee home in the hopes of finding some kind of security. As the world observes the appalling deterioration of conflicts in Western Sudan, Iraq and Haiti, we simultaneously observe neighbouring or developed countries securing their borders in an effort to prevent an influx of refugees on to their territories. READ MORE
