Christel Querton is a Wallscourt Fellow in Law at the University of the West of England. She researches international refugee law focusing on the protection of persons fleeing contemporary armed conflicts and refugee women. Prior to academia, she practised as an immigration and human rights barrister in London.

• Part I: 1. Introduction; 2. The legal framework: the international protection of persons fleeing armed conflicts; 3. Contemporary armed conflicts, violence and gender in international refugee law; 4. Judicial constructions of risk on return to situations of contemporary armed conflict; 5. Judicial constructions of well-founded fear of being persecuted in situations of contemporary armed conflicts; 6. Judicial constructions of the refugee convention reasons for persecution in situations of contemporary armed conflict; 7. Conclusion.

Christel Querton is a Wallscourt Fellow in Law at the University of the West of England. She researches international refugee law focusing on the protection of persons fleeing contemporary armed conflicts and refugee women. Prior to academia, she practised as an immigration and human rights barrister in London.

• Part I: 1. Introduction; 2. The legal framework: the international protection of persons fleeing armed conflicts; 3. Contemporary armed conflicts, violence and gender in international refugee law; 4. Judicial constructions of risk on return to situations of contemporary armed conflict; 5. Judicial constructions of well-founded fear of being persecuted in situations of contemporary armed conflicts; 6. Judicial constructions of the refugee convention reasons for persecution in situations of contemporary armed conflict; 7. Conclusion.

Christel Querton is a Wallscourt Fellow in Law at the University of the West of England. She researches international refugee law focusing on the protection of persons fleeing contemporary armed conflicts and refugee women. Prior to academia, she practised as an immigration and human rights barrister in London.

• Part I: 1. Introduction; 2. The legal framework: the international protection of persons fleeing armed conflicts; 3. Contemporary armed conflicts, violence and gender in international refugee law; 4. Judicial constructions of risk on return to situations of contemporary armed conflict; 5. Judicial constructions of well-founded fear of being persecuted in situations of contemporary armed conflicts; 6. Judicial constructions of the refugee convention reasons for persecution in situations of contemporary armed conflict; 7. Conclusion.