Immigration, integration and diversity: A critical analysis based on the treatment of female genital mutilation in the European Union

  • Julia Ropero Carrasco University Rey Juan Carlos
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18543/ced-57-2017pp133-165
Keywords: female genital mutilation, gender violence, diversity and integration, Criminal Law intervention, Public International Law, European Union

Abstract

Female genital mutilation represents a serious violation of the Human Rights as indicated in current International Law. This circumstance and the world-wide spread of the practice require a Criminal Law intervention and the consideration of applying the Principle of Universality in its prosecution. However, the application of Criminal Law in the destination countries to those migrants who are the parents of the mutilated minors produces a set of dilemmas which must be addressed. This must happen from a humanitarian perspective whilst upholding a higher legitimacy in the intervention. In this research effort it is essential to reflect on the lack of agreement in the European Union about standards referring to gender violence, of which FGM is a typology, the condition of refugee and the effectiveness of the Principle of Universality.

Published online: 01 October 2017

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Author Biography

Julia Ropero Carrasco, University Rey Juan Carlos
Julia Ropero Carrasco is Professor of Criminal Law at the University Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain. She holds a doctorate in law from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (2000). She is the author of three monographs and numerous collaborations in collective books, as well as publications in different magazines of national and international character. The main lines of research on these publications are: terrorism, organized crime, women and children and criminal law, corruption, codification of criminal law, international legislative harmonization and judicial cooperation. He has participated in different funded research projects, with special interest in organized crime and terrorism. Among these Projects, she is Principal Investigator of the following: «UN RES 2178 and its transposition to National Criminal Laws: proposals for balance between security and individual rights» Ref. DER2016-77838-R, Funding Entity Ministry of Economy And Competitiveness (2016-2020); «Money Laundering and Corruption: Actions and Interactions from International Law and National Systems for Effective Eradication», Ref. DER2013-41962-R, Financing Entity Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (2014-2017).
Published
2017-10-01
How to Cite
Ropero Carrasco, Julia. 2017. “Immigration, Integration and Diversity: A Critical Analysis Based on the Treatment of Female Genital Mutilation in the European Union”. Deusto Journal of European Studies, no. 57 (October), 133-65. https://doi.org/10.18543/ced-57-2017pp133-165.
Issue
No. 57 (2017): La contribución de la UE a los grandes desafíos de la sociedad internacional
Section
Monographic Articles

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