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Asylum Cases Before the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women

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ID9543072
AuthorsMadeline Gleeson (0000-0001-9678-3000, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume118
Issue1
Pages41-97
Publication date2024-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of International Law (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-9300 • E-ISSN: 2161-7953
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/ajil.2023.55
OpenAlexW4387454743
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited6

One of the most important developments in international law for the protection of displaced women and girls—the implied non-refoulement obligation in the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women has received little scholarly or jurisprudential attention. This Article presents, for the first time, a doctrinal analysis of the full corpus of asylum complaints decided by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (Committee). It analyzes the early development of a prohibition on return to real, personal, and foreseeable risks of serious forms of discrimination against women; highlights critical shortcomings in the Committee's asylum practice; identifies key areas for improvement; and reflects on the Committee's as-yet-unrealized potential to contribute to international law in this area

Convention · Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women · Human rights · International human rights law · Obligation · Political science · Sex discrimination · Sociology · Transformative learning · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Human Rights and Development · International Human Rights and Reproductive Law · Law

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