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Briddick, Catherine --- "Some other(ed) refugees?: women seeking asylum under refugee and human rights law" [2019] ELECD 2043; in Juss, Singh Satvinder (ed), "Research Handbook on International Refugee Law" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019) 281

Book Title: Research Handbook on International Refugee Law

Editor(s): Juss, Singh Satvinder

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Section: Chapter 18

Section Title: Some other(ed) refugees?: women seeking asylum under refugee and human rights law

Author(s): Briddick, Catherine

Number of pages: 14

Abstract/Description:

This chapter explores three issues that arise from a consideration of women’s claims for recognition as refugees under international refugee law (IRL), subsidiary protection and/or protection from refoulement under international human rights law (IHRL). The first issue considered is women’s access to protection. Attention is drawn to the increasing numbers of women seeking protection, and the gendered impacts that Europe’s ‘re-bordering’ has on those women who are forced to undertake ‘illegalised’ and, therefore, ever-more dangerous journeys. The second issue considered is the scope of protection offered to women seeking protection from gender-based violence under IRL and IHRL. The chapter concludes with a consideration of a recent success: developments in IHRL that seek to improve the way that women’s claims for protection are determined.