Essays about: "könsrelaterad förföljelse"

Found 2 essays containing the words könsrelaterad förföljelse.

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

3. 2. Female Genital Mutilation and Refugee Status in Swedish Asylum Cases - A Critique from a Gender Perspective

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Sofia Svantesson; [2013]
   Keywords : Public international law; migration law; asylum law; gender-related persecution; female genital mutilation; refugee status; Sweden; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : 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