Rights

ASYLUM RIGHT – The Right to Asylum under International Law – Gender as a Protected Social Group in the Asylum Determination Process

  Gender-Based Persecution for Female Asylum Seekers There are 79.5 million forcibly displaced persons worldwide, at least half of those are women and girls. Although women...

ASYLUM RIGHT – The Right to Asylum under International Law Part II: Asylum Law and Procedural Requirements

Who Is an Asylum Seeker? The word “asylum” is the Latin counterpart of the Greek word "asylon," which means freedom from seizure. Historically, asylum has been...

EU Gender Equality Legislation

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SURVEY AND OF EU REGULATORY POWERS This survey aims to describe the past European legislation on gender equality, in particular...

ASYLUM RIGHT – The Right to Asylum under International Law Part I: The History of Refugee Law

In 2018, the United Nations Refugee Agency reported a record: 74.79 million persons of concern. This figure comprises 20,360,562 refugees and 3,503,284 asylum seekers....

ASYLUM RIGHT – Women’s Rights Are Human Rights

The reality today in society is that women face discrimination based on their gender. Even though gender inequality is experienced by and between individuals,...

ASYLUM RIGHT – Human Rights: Its History and Development

“I know my rights!” This phrase is often uttered by individuals in liberty-threatening circumstances. Being human, we have a natural sense of what is right...

EULab 2021 – Summer School on Labour Migration in the European Union

ASYLUM RIGHT - WOMEN CONDITION ARTICLE 1 - Human Rights: Its History and Development ARTICLE 2 - Human Rights: Women's Rights are Human Right ARTICLE 3...

L8 TUTTO L’ANNO Project

The Thinking Watermill Society is pleased to announce the initiative, promoted together with EDONELLE® Milano, named “L8 TUTTO L’ANNO” (“The 8th all year long”; in addition, the...