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Persecution for reasons of membership of a particular social group: Intersectionality avant la lettre?
Titolo Rivista: SOCIOLOGIA DEL DIRITTO  
Autori/Curatori: Nora Markard 
Anno di pubblicazione:  2016 Fascicolo: 2 Lingua: Inglese 
Numero pagine:  19 P. 45-63 Dimensione file:  268 KB
DOI:  10.3280/SD2016-002004
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Il concetto di intersezionalità ha guadagnato sempre più terreno nel campo del diritto internazionale in materia di diritti umani. Ma, mentre il diritto internazionale sui rifugiati ha seguito gli sviluppi del diritto internazionale dei diritti umani attraverso il riconoscimento delle persecuzioni basate sul genere, il concetto di intersezionalità non ha avuto un’analoga svolta. Tuttavia, la definizione di rifugiato nella Convenzione di Ginevra del 1951 lascia ampio spazio per un’analisi intersezionale. Stabilendo che la persecuzione possa essere temuta per ragioni di razza, religione, nazionalità, opinione politica o "appartenenza a un particolare gruppo sociale", essa fornisce una categoria aperta definibile attraverso una molteplicità di fattori, come è necessario per rispecchiare le ragioni della persecuzione nei singoli casi. In effetti le corti hanno fatto uso di questa categoria in occasione di istanze intersezionali, anche se incontrando ostacoli. Un’analisi preliminare indica che un collegamento più esplicito con il concetto di intersezionalità potrebbe rappresentare un potenziale ulteriore per il diritto internazionale dei rifugiati.

The concept of intersectionality has been gaining ground in the area of international human rights. But while international refugee law has followed the developments in human rights law by recognizing gender-based persecution, the concept of intersectionality has not seen a similar breakthrough. However, the definition of a refugee in the 1951 Geneva Convention leaves ample room for an intersectional analysis; by requiring that persecution be feared for reasons of race, religion, nationality, political opinion or "membership of a particular social group", it provides an open category that can be defined by a multiplicity of factors, as needed to reflect the reasons for persecution in the individual case. Indeed, courts have made use of this category for intersectional claims, albeit with obstacles. A preliminary analysis suggests that a more explicit engagement with the concept of intersectionality has additional potential to offer for international refugee law
Keywords: Diritto dei rifugiati - Diritti umani - Intersezionalità - Genere

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Nora Markard, in "SOCIOLOGIA DEL DIRITTO " 2/2016, pp. 45-63, DOI:10.3280/SD2016-002004

   

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