Title	Submission by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in case numbers 202005668/1/V2 and 202102293/1/V2 before the Council of State
Publisher	UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Publication Date	September 2021
Country	Netherlands
Topics	Atheist / Agnostic | Freedom of religion | Religious persecution (including forced conversion)
Cite as	UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Submission by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in case numbers 202005668/1/V2 and 202102293/1/V2 before the Council of State, September 2021, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/61925b574.html [accessed 20 October 2022]
Comments	UNHCR will address the legal issues pertaining to the interpretation, scope and content of the 1951 Convention ground relating to religion in Article 1A(2), focussing on atheism and apostasy, including attributed apostasy, as requested by the Council of State. With specific reference to the questions posed by the Council of State,11 UNHCR will further address the assessment of a well-founded fear of persecution for reasons of (imputed) religion and the issue of concealment in order to avoid persecution in this context.