Democratic Republic of the Congo

1. This decision considers whether the appellant should be excluded from the protection of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (‘the Convention’) because there are serious reasons for considering that he committed crimes against humanity (Article 1F(a)) or in the alternative a serious non-political crime (Article 1F(b)) during his service in the Police d’Intervention Rapide (PIR) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

9 March 2022 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Document type: Case Law | Legal Instrument: 1951 Refugee Convention | Topic(s): 1951 Refugee Convention - Crimes against humanity - Exclusion clauses - International criminal law - Serious non-political crime | Countries: Congo, Democratic Republic of the - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

19 July 2013 | Judicial Body: Canada: Supreme Court | Document type: Case Law | Countries: Canada - Congo, Democratic Republic of the

15 December 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

7 March 2011 | Publisher: United States Congressional Research Service | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

11 January 2011 | Publisher: Open Society Foundations (OSF) | Document type: Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries