Title | Submission by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the case of M.J. v. the Netherlands (application no. 49259/18) before the European Court of Human Rights |
Publisher | UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) |
Publication Date | 6 December 2019 |
Country | Afghanistan | Netherlands |
Topics | Human rights law | Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) | Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures | Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Security situation |
Related Document(s) | Case of M.J. v. The Netherlands (Application no. 49259/18) |
Cite as | UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Submission by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the case of M.J. v. the Netherlands (application no. 49259/18) before the European Court of Human Rights , 6 December 2019, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/5dea96304.html [accessed 6 October 2022] |
Comments | In this submission, UNHCR addresses the legislative framework and practice in the Netherlands regarding the application of the internal flight alternative (IFA); also referred to as the internal protection alternative (IPA) in European law) in the asylum procedure (Part 2); provides UNHCR’s interpretation of the relevant principles of international refugee and human rights law pertaining specifically to the application of the IFA concept (Part 3); and provides information about the current security, human rights and humanitarian situation in Kabul and in Afghanistan more broadly (Part 4). |