‘The Unlawfulness of “White List” Countries in Light of the Persecutory Treatment of Religious Minorities and Women in Pakistan’
by Katia Bianchini
Question(s) at stake
Whether the continued inclusion of Pakistan on a “White List” of countries considered to be safe countries for asylum purposes is justified.
Outcome of the ruling
The finding of the court was that the continued inclusion of Pakistan on the “White List” of countries that are considered safe for asylum purposes was invalid.
Country:
Official citation
Secretary Of State For Home Department (SSHD) v Javed and Others [2001] EWCA Civ 789
Topic(s)
Keywords:
Grounds/Reasons of persecution Membership of a particular social group Refugee status Women Asylum seeker Religion or belief
Tag(s):
Religious minorities Safe country of origin
Bibliographic information
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Katia Bianchini (Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Department Law and Anthropology, Germany)
Katia Bianchini is a Research Fellow of the Law and Anthropology Department of the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle. She holds a law degree from the University of Pavia (Italy), an LL.M. in Comparative Laws from the University of San Diego (California, USA), and a Ph.D. in Law from the University of York (UK). Her doctoral thesis provided an empirical and legal analysis of how the 1954 UN Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons is implemented in ten EU states. She has also worked as a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity (Göttingen). Before engaging in research, she practised immigration and refugee law for ten years in the UK and the USA.
Bianchini has published in the field of refugee law, statelessness, and the rule of law in the context of sea migration. Her current research builds on her expertise in human rights and Italian law and looks at the treatment of deceased sea migrants in the South of Italy.