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- Title
PROVIDING A PATHWAY TO ASYLUM: RE-INTERPRETING "SOCIAL GROUP" TO INCLUDE GENDER.
- Authors
Heitz, Aimee
- Abstract
The article examines the asylum laws in the U.S., as of May 2013. Topics discussed include introduction of the Immigration and Nationality Act; comparative international asylum law under the United Nations Convention Related to Refugees; increase in the gender-based violence throughout the world; and restrictive U.S. asylum policies for victims of gender-based violence.
- Subjects
LEGAL status of refugees; VIOLENCE against women laws; SOCIAL problems -- Law &; legislation; LEGAL assistance to refugees; RIGHT of asylum
- Publication
Indiana International & Comparative Law Review, 2013, Vol 23, Issue 2, p213
- ISSN
1061-4982
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.18060/17878