- 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).
- 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/).
- Islam & Shah, [1999] 2 WLR 1015.
- Refugee Appeal No. 71427/99.
- Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v. Khawar, [2002] HCA 14.
Unequal Protection
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