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http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/cca998a1db04aff9 https://verfassungsblog.de/beyond-protection/ Beyond Protection - Gender Equality in K, L (C 646/21) Raimondo, Giulia eng 2024-07-05 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Geneva Refugee Convention Migration Migrationsrecht Refugee Protection gender based violence Migration Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 Whether and how gender-related violence can constitute a ground to claim and receive asylum has long been a subject of debate in refugee law. While feminist legal scholars have long sought to alleviate the gender-blindness of the original text of the Refugee Convention, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) only started taking some steps in this direction earlier this year. The CJEU determined in K, L, that women or specific groups of women who share a belief in an additional common characteristic — such as a belief in gender equality — may be regarded as members of a ‘particular social group’ (PSG), making them eligible for refugee status.