Case Law

18 December 2014 | Judicial Body: European Union: Court of Justice of the European Union | Topic(s): Complementary forms of protection - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - Regional instruments - Right to health | Countries: Belgium - Mauritania

8 May 2014 | Judicial Body: European Union: Court of Justice of the European Union | Topic(s): Complementary forms of protection - International protection - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - Regional instruments - Single procedure | Countries: Ireland - Pakistan

11 July 2013 | Judicial Body: European Union: Court of Justice of the European Union | Topic(s): Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - Regional instruments - Right to seek asylum | Countries: Austria

(Directive 2004/83/EC – Minimum standards for determining who qualifies for refugee status or subsidiary protection status – Stateless persons of Palestinian origin who have in fact availed themselves of assistance from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) – The right of those stateless persons to recognition as refugees on the basis of the second sentence of Article 12(1)(a) of Directive 2004/83 – Conditions under which applicable – Cessation of UNRWA assistance ‘for any reason’ – Evidence – Consequences for the persons concerned seeking refugee status – Persons ‘ipso facto … entitled to the benefits of [the] Directive’ – Automatic recognition as a ‘refugee’ within the meaning of Article 2(c) of Directive 2004/83 and the granting of refugee status in accordance with Article 13 thereof)

19 December 2012 | Judicial Body: European Union: Court of Justice of the European Union | Topic(s): Palestinian - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - Refugees - Statelessness | Countries: Palestine, State of