Ochrona przed okaleczaniem narządów płciowych kobiet (FGM) w prawie uchodźczym : specyfika i główne problemy systemowe

• Authors: Gruszka Marta

Title variants

EN

Female genital mutilation as a basis for granting refugee status : the characteristics and main difficulties of protecting women

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The main issue discussed in this paper is the question of characteristic features and main problems of the universal refugee law system based on the Geneva Convention relating to the Status of Refugee from 1951 with its 1967 Protocol applied in cases of fear of Female Genital Mutilation. Referring to the concept of positive obligations of states and its horizontal effect developed by European Court of Human Rights, the paper points out the difficulties of protection from FGM caused by its different socio-cultural and legal aspects. It examines theoretical and practical issues that raises during the process of interpretation and application of the Convention, it takes into consideration states' jurisprudence as well as influential work of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees that helped to develop the good practice.

Keywords

PL

okaleczanie narządów płciowych kobiet; status uchodźcy; prawo uchodźcze; Konwencja Genewska; obowiązki pozytywne; prawa człowieka; prawa kobiet

EN

female genital mutilation; refugee status; refugee law; Geneva Convention; positive obligations; human rights, women's rights

• Publisher: Instytut Europeistyki, Uniwersytet Jagielloński
• Journal: Problemy Współczesnego Prawa Międzynarodowego, Europejskiego i Porównawczego
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 15
• Pages: 143-167

Contributors

author

Gruszka Marta

Identifiers

DOI

10.26106/8stq-b004