General Conclusion On International Protection 1995, para. (g)

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Calls upon the High Commissioner to support and promote efforts by States towards the development and implementation of criteria and guidelines on responses to persecution specifically aimed at women, by sharing information on States' initiatives to develop such criteria and guidelines, and by monitoring to ensure their fair and consistent application. In accordance with the principle that women's rights are human rights, these guidelines should recognize as refugees women whose claim to refugee status is based upon well-founded fear of persecution for reasons enumerated in the 1951 Convention and 1967 Protocol, including persecution through sexual violence or other gender-related persecution;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Document type
ExCom Conclusion
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Gender
  • Humanitarian
  • Movement
Person(s) affected
  • Persons on the move
  • Women
Year
1995
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
ExCom Conclusion No. 77, General Conclusion On International Protection (1995), OP (g).
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OP
Paragraph number
(g)