Essays about: "Amanda Hägglund"

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  1. 1. Gender-related persecution of refugee women - A feminist analysis of the persecution grounds of the refugee definition

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Amanda Hägglund; [2016]
    Keywords : Public international law; folkrätt; Migration law; Migrationsrätt; Refugee definition; Flyktingdefinitionen; Persecution grounds; förföljelse grunderna; 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees; gender-related persecution; könsrelaterad förföljelse; CEDAW; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : 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