Christel Querton's Outputs (31)
The impact of Brexit on gender and asylum law in the UK (2019)
Book Chapter
The UK Government has remained silent regarding the envisaged system of international protection for refugees in the UK after the UK leaves the European Union (EU). In this context, this chapter contributes to knowledge by examining the likely impact... Read More about The impact of Brexit on gender and asylum law in the UK.
The role of the European Court of Human Rights in the protection of women fleeing gender-based violence in their home countries (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
This is an audio recording of a paper given at the Socio-Legal Studies Association Annual Conference, Newcastle University, 5-7 April 2017. More than one million persons crossed the Mediterranean Sea in 2015 into the European Union (‘EU’) leading man... Read More about The role of the European Court of Human Rights in the protection of women fleeing gender-based violence in their home countries.
This is a blog piece.
Women fleeing armed conflict: Seeking international protection in the United Kingdom (2014)
Book Chapter
This chapter considers how the interpretation of the Refugee Convention in United Kingdom jurisprudence has adapted to the changing nature of armed conflict generally. It also looks at whether the differential impact of armed conflict on women has perm... Read More about Women fleeing armed conflict: Seeking international protection in the United Kingdom.
Unfair, unsafe and undignified: The treatment of women seeking asylum in the UK (2012)
Newspaper / Magazine
The interpretation of the convention ground of `membership of a particular social group´ in the context of gender-related claims for asylum (2012)
Preprint / Working Paper
Despite often making `conventional claims’ for asylum based on their political opinion, race, nationality or religion, many women also claim asylum in the United Kingdom (UK) on the basis that they fear persecution because of their gender. To be reco... Read More about The interpretation of the convention ground of `membership of a particular social group´ in the context of gender-related claims for asylum.
Persons fleeing armed conflicts and country guidance in the European Union
Report
This briefing sets out some of the main findings from the project 'Country Guidance and the International Protection Needs of Persons Fleeing Armed Conflicts' (2021-2022).