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| | Refugee Law, Gender, and the Human Rights Paradigm |
 | | Under the international Refugee Convention, a refugee is a person unable or unwilling to avail herself of the protection of her country owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion. |
 | | International refugee law is based on the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, opened for signature July 28, 1951, 19 U.S.T. and the Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees, opened for signature Jan. 31, 1976, 19 U.N.T.S. 267 [together hereinafter Convention or Refugee Convention]. |
 | | The decision of the Board denying her claim to refugee protection was appealed to the U.S. Federal Court of the Third Circuit, but the INS has joined with counsel in requesting remand and reconsideration by the Board. |
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