The master thesis mainly focuses on gender-sensitive and gender-inclusive interpretation of refugee definition within the Geneva Convention 1951 Convention and/or its 1967 Protocol. The analysis of the most frequent forms of gender-related persecution are presented as well as the interpretation of Convention grounds that are most commonly used in asylum claims to base the gender-related claims. The theses emphasize the main problems that are met while interpreting the Convention refugee definition in gender-sensitive way. The first part shortly presents the development of gender-related persecution within the refugee definition in the international field. The second part analyses the most frequently found forms of gender-related persecution in the case law while interpreting the Geneva Convention in different States and examines the persecution by non-state agents. It also examines, if gender-specific persecution has been recognized in legislation or case law as constituting a violation of human rights or serious harm that amounts to persecution. The third part analyses the interpretation of gender-related and gender-specific claims within the light of Convention grounds that are most commonly used to base gender-related claims: religion, political opinion and membership of a particular social group. The interpretation of the Geneva Convention has to be further developed and unified. It can be reached through some concrete changes in international, national law and case-law.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LABT_ETD/oai:elaba.lt:LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2007~D_20070114_234555-75028 |
| Date | 14 January 2007 |
| Creators | Sabatauskaitė, Birutė |
| Contributors | Gineitis, Alvydas, Siniovas, Vladimiras, Katuoka, Saulius, Biekša, Laurynas, Jakulevičienė, Lyra, Žilinskas, Justinas, Garlienė, Žaneta, Staniulis, Darius, Mykolas Romeris University |
| Publisher | Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), Mykolas Romeris University |
| Source Sets | Lithuanian ETD submission system |
| Language | Lithuanian |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Master thesis |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2007~D_20070114_234555-75028 |
| Rights | Unrestricted |
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