La vulnerabilità nella pratica del diritto d'asilo: una categoria di genere?

The article discusses the notion of vulnerability implemented in asylum cases regarding gender violence on trafficked women. The findings of a case study of 70 administrative and judicial decisions are analysed and compared with notions of vulnerability developed by the Court of Cassation and the European Court of Human Rights. The analysis illustrates the different role that gender plays in the decision when considered, on the one hand, as a subjective ascription or, on the other, as a hermeneutical category in light of which the whole legal framework should be interpreted.