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Islam v. Secretary of State for the Home Department

United Kingdom, England.  25 March 1999 .

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

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Abstract

Aliens — Refugees — Definition of a refugee — Requirement of membership of a particular social group — Whether cohesiveness a prerequisite for being regarded as a social group — Women in Pakistan — Discrimination against women in Pakistan — Whether women constituting a particular social group — Whether wives accused of adultery and thus at risk of violence a social group — Geneva Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, 1951, Article 1A(2)

Human rights — Discrimination — Discrimination against women — Discrimination against women in general — Discrimination against wives accused of adultery — Whether victims of such discrimination entitled to refugee status

Treaties — Interpretation — Preamble of treaty — Context — Travaux préparatoires — Case law in other States parties — Geneva Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, 1951 — The law of England

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Case Report
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2003

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