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Title Protected Characteristics and Social Perceptions: An Analysis of the Meaning of 'Membership of a Particular Social Group'
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Publication Date June 2003
Cite as Cambridge University Press, Protected Characteristics and Social Perceptions: An Analysis of the Meaning of 'Membership of a Particular Social Group', June 2003, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/470a33b30.html [accessed 27 November 2009]
Comments This chapter is taken from Refugee Protection in International Law: UNHCR's Global Consultations on International Protection (edited by Erika Feller, Volker Türk and Frances Nicholson, Cambridge University Press, 2003). It was originally presented as an expert paper at a round table in the context of the Global Consultations on International Protection, which were organized by UNHCR in 2000-2002. More information on the complete publication is available on UNHCR's website.

Topics: Social group discrimination, Social group persecution, Global Consultations on International Protection,


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