Essays about: "the 1951 Refugee Convention"
Showing result 11 - 15 of 23 essays containing the words the 1951 Refugee Convention.
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11. 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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12. 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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13. 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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14. How to protect and assist Environmental Displaced Persons (EDPs)? A study about the gap in the UN refugee regime concerning EDPs and how to fill it
University essay from Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Global Studies; Lunds universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : In today's world the protection gap in the 1951 Refugee Convention regarding the environmentally displaced persons (EDPs) has been discussed, claiming that EDPs international protection and assistance should be considered too. This thesis addresses the issue of displaced people due to environmental factors and the options that are suggested for their protection and assistance. READ MORE
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15. Trafficked Women as Refugees. Sexually exploited women as 'members of a particular social group' under International Refugee Law.
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : This study aims to revise the possibility of interpreting the 1951 Refugee Convention to include female trafficked victims who might suffer from persecution if deported back to their home countries, in the definition if the Convention as members of a 'particular social group'. Trafficking in women for the purpose of sexual exploitation is one of the most profitable 'markets' in the globalised world. READ MORE
