Essays about: "membership of a particular social group"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words membership of a particular social group.
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1. Social capital as a determinant of farmlevel sustainable land management adoption : a case study of smallholder farmers in Northern Benin
University essay from SLU/Dept. of EconomicsAbstract : In many developing countries high rates of farmland degradation contribute to the low performance of smallholder agriculture and pose serious policy challenges. Despite promotion efforts by government and non-governmental organizations adoption of improved agricultural production technologies remains low in Sub-Saharan Africa. READ MORE
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2. Somewhere Over the Rainbow: Sexuality and Refugee Law
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : A common issue of applications of international protection is the lack of physical evidence to substantiate the applicant’s claim. This issue is even more prevalent in cases concerning LGBTQ+ refugees since the requirement to prove ones membership to a particular social group is generally a request to substantiate the unverifiable. READ MORE
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3. 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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4. The “true” homosexual refugee: an archaeology of the becoming and governing of refugees through scientific-legal categories of sexuality in german legal decision-making
University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionenAbstract : Advancements in the application of international refugee laws, European Union and national asylum legislations has increased the protection for refugees and asylum seekers from sexual minorities. With point of departure in the German administrative court's credibility assessment dealing with asylum/refugee appeal cases relating to sexual orientation, the aim of this study is to explore the epistemological relation between the sexual psychology and legal decision-making. READ MORE
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5. Speaking for the Marginalised: Representation strategies of the Civil Society Organisations working with marginalised group issues at European level
University essay from Lunds universitet/SocialhögskolanAbstract : Participation of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) has been greatly promoted by the European Union (EU) and many CSOs in social policy sphere in particular have increasingly gained their participatory venues and consultative status vis-a-vis EU institutions since the 90’s. However, their expected role to bring even the most marginalised groups’ voice into European policy making process poses a question of how European CSOs achieve the representation of marginalised groups at EU-level. READ MORE
