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Introduction
and Overview. What is this Document?
How
This Document Can be Used to Advance A Gender-Sensitive Asylum Policy
in Europe
Conclusions
General
Recommendations
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On
11- 12 June 1998, the conference "Toward a Gender-Sensitive
Asylum Policy in Europe," organised by the National Council
of Women in Belgium (Dutch speaking), NVR, the Netherlands Humanist
Committee on Human Rights, and the United Nations High Commissioner
for Refugees, brought together nearly 150 persons, primarily from
refugee and women’s organisations to discuss current problems
encountered by women asylum seekers and refugees in European asylum
countries and to identify policies and strategies for positive changes
in the asylum process to address these problems in accordance with
principles and standards of international refugee and human rights
law. Following the conference, the attached Conclusions and Recommendations
of the conference were published by the organisers as part of the
final report of the Conference. These Conclusions and Recommendations
have now been translated from their original English version into
the three other official languages of the European Union.
The
Conclusions and Recommendations include the following sections:
Conclusions:
The Conclusions provide the basis for the recommendations. Specifically,
the conclusions highlight the need for changes in the asylum process
in European countries to ensure that the rights of women asylum
seekers and refugees are fully respected.
General Recommendations: These highlight specific actions
which need to be taken by the European Union, European governments,
UNHCR and non governmental organisations and others to ensure that
the rights of women asylum seekers and refugees are fully respected.
Thematic Recommendations: These provide points relating
to women asylum seekers and refugees which should be incorporated
into policies, positions and guidelines adopted by the European
Union and by European governments.
Appendix I: The Appendix contains suggested advocacy/lobbying
approaches which may be utilised by non governmental organisations
and others.
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