Essays about: "förföljelse grunderna"

Found 3 essays containing the words förföljelse grunderna.

  1. 1. The Protection of LGBT+ rights in International Criminal Law

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Adam Olofson; [2020]
    Keywords : Folkrätt; Public International Law; Queer Law; Queer critical Theory; Crimes against humanity; Persecution; International Criminal Law; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Sexual and gender minorities have historically and globally been vulnerable to persecutory and discriminatory acts. Today, sixty-eight United Nations member states criminalize consensual same-sex sexual conduct and nine states expressively criminalize the gender identity/expression of transgender people. READ MORE

  3. 2. Persecution based on sexual orientation or gender identity - A crime under international law?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Ebba Torgersson; [2020]
    Keywords : Public international law; Folkrätt; LGBT; Rome Statute; Article 7 1 h ; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : People of sexual and gender minorities have for decades been discriminated, harassed and prosecuted in large parts of the world due to their sexual orientation or gender identity. Although the acceptance for these groups has increased over the past couple years, the problems still persists. READ MORE

  4. 3. 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