Shima Esmailian
@EsmailianShima
About/Bio
Shima Esmailian (she/her) is a PhD Candidate at the University of Geneva’s Law Faculty and a Teaching Assistant at the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights. Her research includes a critical analysis of the existing regime in international law governing systematic gender oppression and domination and the criminalization of gender apartheid as a response to this issue. She also works with civil society organizations as a consultant and advisor on gender and transitional justice issues. Shima holds a MAS in Transitional Justice, Human Rights, and the Rule of Law from the Geneva Academy, a Bachelor in Law, and an LLM in Human Rights from Shahid Beheshti University in Iran.
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Is the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling on granting asylum to Afghan women an implication of qualification of gender apartheid in Afghanistan?
November 20, 2024
Shima Esmailian
Introduction From a feminist perspective, international law has frequently failed to adequately address gender issues, primarily due to the challenges posed by a male-centric discourse reflected in its organizational and normative structure. This limitation is particularly evident in refugee law, where gender-based persecution has long struggled to gain recognition as a ground on its…
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Is the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling on granting asylum to Afghan women an implication of qualification of gender apartheid in Afghanistan?
November 20, 2024
Shima Esmailian
Introduction From a feminist perspective, international law has frequently failed to adequately address gender issues, primarily due to the challenges posed by a male-centric discourse reflected in its organizational and normative structure. This limitation is particularly evident in refugee law, where gender-based persecution has long struggled to gain recognition as a ground on its…