The traditional principles on which the right of refugees is based have undergone a significant transformation due, in no small measure, to the asylum claims presented by women fleeing their
countries as a result of gender-based persecution. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the extent to which this reality has been incorporated into national and international legislation, the
interpretations that have followed, and to analyse some of the foundational legal instruments of the Refugee Law such as the 1951 United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees
and the 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees, as well as Chilean legislation. From this analysis, we gather that, in the absence of initial recognition of persecution on grounds
of gender, this has been gradually implemented in international guidelines and internal legal systems via their refugee Laws, as in the case of Chile.
Keywords:
Refugees, persecution, gender
Author Biographies
Alicia Alonso Merino, ONG LEASUR, Chile
Licenciada en Derecho por la Universidad de Salamanca (España) y Abogada por el Ilustre Colegio de Abogados de Valladolid (España) con especialización en derecho de extranjería y penitenciario. Magíster sobre Migraciones Internacionales y Extranjería por la Universidad Europea en Madrid y el Consejo General de la Abogacía Española. Máster en Estudios Europeos y Derechos Humanos de la Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca (España). Diplomada en Estudios de Género por el Centro de Estudios de Género de la Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades de la Universidad de Chile. En la actualidad es Directora de la ONG LEASUR (Chile).
Nadia Silhi Chahin, Universidad de Chile, Chile
Abogada. Licenciada en Ciencias Jurídicas y Sociales, Universidad de Chile. Diplomada en Cultura Árabe e Islámica y en Estudios Palestinos, Centro de Estudios Árabes, Universidad de Chile.