Excluded Masculinities: The (in)visible gender dimension of EU border externalisation

Critical Legal Discourse I ntro d u c tion Introduction F W O R e s e a r c h P r o j e c t G 0 6 0 0 2 5 N F W O R e s e a r c h P r o j e c t G 0 6 0 0 2 5 N h u m a n s . W h y d o t h e y a l l o w t h e m t o b e a t u s ? ” E x c l u d e d M a s c u l i n i t i e s E x c l u d e d M a s c u l i n i t i e s T h e ( i n ) v i s i b l e g e n d e r d i m e n s i o n T h e ( i n ) v i s i b l e g e n d e r d i m e n s i o n o f E U b o r d e r e x t e r n a l i s a t i o n o f E U b o r d e r e x t e r n a l i s a t i o n “ E v e n a n i m a l s h a v e r i g h t s i n E u r o p e a n d w e a r e “ T h e y t o o k a l l t h e s i n g l e m e n o n t h e s i d e a n d s t a r t e d b e a t i n g t h e m . ” ( A u g u s t o v á , 2 0 2 3 ) How does the EU’s legal framework This project examines how EU border externalisation policies and European supranational case law (CJEU & ECtHR) construct masculinity. Through an intersectional lens, it Q u e stions Questions Me tho d s Methods C o n t a c t C o n t a c t on border externalisation construct masculinity? What are the consequences for the rights of racialised migrant men seeking international protection within the EU? analyses how these discursive framings of masculinity shape access to asylum, rights protection, and the lived experiences S o p h i e B o l s S o p h i e . B o l s @ U g e n t . b e L i n k e d i n . c o m / i n / s o p h i e b o l s Intersectional Masculinity Lens By applying an intersectional masculinity lens, this research explores how masculinity intersects with social markers, producing distinct barriers to rights protection. Analysis (CLDA) Ethnographic Fieldwork Participatory ArtsBased Research (PABR) A Lens is not a filter ! P h D R e s e a r c h e r L a w a n d D i v e r s i t y & M i g r a t i o n L a w It shapes not (only) what we see, but how we see. a s m e t h o d o l o g y I n t e r s e c t i o n a l i t y race, class, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and other of racialised migrant men encountering the EU’s shifting externalised borders. Art workshops with migrant men in Belgian reception centres P A B R c r o s s e s l i n g u i s t i c , c u l t u r a l a n d e p i s t e m i c b o u n d a r i e s , c e n t r e s m a r g i n a l i s e d v o i c e s , a n d i s t r a u m a - s e n s i t i v e . CLDA of EU border externalisation policies and ECtHR and CJEU jurisprudence. C L D A u n c o v e r s h o w l e g a l l a n g u a g e ( r e ) p r o d u c e s h i e r a r c h i e s h o w p o w e r o p e r a t e s t h r o u g h d i s c o u r s e . & Participant Observation at EU’s external borders.