‘He doubted strongly whether there would be any cases of persecution on grounds of sex’: Women, Discrimination, and the Refugee Convention at 75
Catherine Briddick
In order to mark both 75 years of the Refugee Convention and the moment at which this anniversary is being celebrated, Catherine Briddick return to its contemporary origins and the debates of its drafters on sex discrimination. She then explains, very briefly, how the refugee definition has been interpreted, focusing on developments in Europe. She concludes by considering a recent case from the USA, one that enables us to trace an arc between the views of those who drafted the Convention and current attempts to undermine it.