Unequal protection

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 57-61

  Musalo, Karen ^a   Knight, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 71149109482     PISSN: 00963402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00963402.2002.11460624     Document Type: Article

References (5)

1. In 1985, UNHCR's Executive Committee advised that women refugees who face harsh treatment for having "transgressed the social mores of the society in which they live" may be considered to be members of a particular social group, and could therefore be granted asylum. Conclusion on Refugee Women and International Protection, UNHCR Programme Executive Committee, 36th Session, No.39(k) (1985).
2. Details and links to these and other documents can be found on the "Law" page of the Center for Gender and Refugee Studies's Web site (www.uchastings.edu/cgrs/).
3. Islam & Shah, [1999] 2 WLR 1015.
4. Refugee Appeal No. 71427/99.
5. Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v. Khawar, [2002] HCA 14.