Forms of oppression affecting specific social groups such as women and people with disabilities are demanding international address and rights protection for those deemed persecuted and oppressed. In 1951, the United Nations developed the Refugee Convention, which has remained largely unchanged since its inception and has neglected to incorporate protection of newly recognized social groups. Recently, Canadian immigration and refugee laws have begun to develop legislation to address these issues, specifically in regards to gender-related persecution. By examining Canadian federal amendments to refugee and immigration law and United Nations documents developed by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, this paper wil...
This article focuses on forced sterilization of women living with a disability. Going back to the st...
International audienceThe 1951 Geneva Convention relating to the status of refugees seems a priorito...
In this paper, we examine the history of Article 24 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights o...
Forms of oppression affecting specific social groups such as women and people with disabilities are ...
This paper will provide a preliminary survey of the evolution and positioning of disability rights a...
The major international instrument providing asylum to refugees is the 1951 Convention relating to t...
In the context of the now persistant crisis of asylum, identifying refugee status is becoming more a...
Plus de soixante ans après sa signature, qui sont les personnes bénéficiaires de la qualité de réfug...
La communauté internationale considère certaines personnes déplacées comme étant des migrants irrégu...
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) creates duties for States Parties a...
The question of the internally displaced persons, of which the international community had long been...
The refugee regime, built on the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, has long exclud...
More than sixty years after its adoption, the Geneva Convention counts 145 States ascontracting Part...
In this paper, I explore the still evolving jurisprudence with respect to the Convention on the Righ...
Aboriginal people with disabilities (APWD) are one of the most oppressed and marginalized groups in ...
This article focuses on forced sterilization of women living with a disability. Going back to the st...
International audienceThe 1951 Geneva Convention relating to the status of refugees seems a priorito...
In this paper, we examine the history of Article 24 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights o...
Forms of oppression affecting specific social groups such as women and people with disabilities are ...
This paper will provide a preliminary survey of the evolution and positioning of disability rights a...
The major international instrument providing asylum to refugees is the 1951 Convention relating to t...
In the context of the now persistant crisis of asylum, identifying refugee status is becoming more a...
Plus de soixante ans après sa signature, qui sont les personnes bénéficiaires de la qualité de réfug...
La communauté internationale considère certaines personnes déplacées comme étant des migrants irrégu...
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) creates duties for States Parties a...
The question of the internally displaced persons, of which the international community had long been...
The refugee regime, built on the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, has long exclud...
More than sixty years after its adoption, the Geneva Convention counts 145 States ascontracting Part...
In this paper, I explore the still evolving jurisprudence with respect to the Convention on the Righ...
Aboriginal people with disabilities (APWD) are one of the most oppressed and marginalized groups in ...
This article focuses on forced sterilization of women living with a disability. Going back to the st...
International audienceThe 1951 Geneva Convention relating to the status of refugees seems a priorito...
In this paper, we examine the history of Article 24 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights o...