ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Christel Querton

Christel Querton is a Wallscourt Fellow in Law at the University of the West of England (UWE) Bristol and her research concerns international refugee law with a particular focus on the protection of persons fleeing contemporary armed conflicts and refugee women.
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POSTS BY Christel Querton

12 February 2024

Christel Querton

Consolidating Group-Based Refugee Protection

Two pending cases before the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) provide an opportunity for the CJEU to consolidate group-based refugee protection. At the heart of the cases is a concern with granting refugee protection to groups of persons based on their inherent characteristics, in this case women and girls from Afghanistan. However, as the joined cases of AH and FN highlight, this is often due to an apprehension amongst asylum decision makers over the grant of protection to large groups of persons based on sex and misconceptions surrounding gender-based violence and discrimination. Continue reading >>