UNHCR is not responsible for the content and availability of non-UNHCR websites. Content displays in a new window.
Ra 2019/14/0153
Cessation decisions can be based on an available IFA in the country of origin. Generally, changes after the last extension of subsidiary protection status are relevant to determine the change of circumstances. Attaining the age of majority constitutes a relevant change of individual circumstances. 27 May 2019 | Judicial Body: Austria: Supreme Administrative Court (Verwaltungsgerichtshof) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Cessation clauses - Changes of circumstances in home country - Complementary forms of protection - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Unaccompanied / Separated children | Countries: Afghanistan - Austria |
AS (AFGHANISTAN) (Appellant) - and - SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Respondent) - and -
THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR
REFUGEES (Intervener) [2019] EWCA Civ 873
24 May 2019 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) | Countries: Afghanistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
Arrêt n° 219 682
11 April 2019 | Judicial Body: Belgium: Conseil du Contentieux des Etrangers | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Corruption - Credibility assessment - Security situation - Unaccompanied / Separated children | Countries: Afghanistan - Belgium |
Submission by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the case AS (Afghanistan) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department
7 March 2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae |
Khan c. France (application no. 12267/16)
violation of article 3 (prohibition of inhuman and degrading treatment). 28 February 2019 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Refugee camps - Unaccompanied / Separated children | Countries: Afghanistan - France - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
Supreme Administrative Court decision of 7 February 2019 - KHO:2019:22
7 February 2019 | Judicial Body: Finland: Supreme Administrative Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Changes of circumstances in home country - Mental health - Security situation | Countries: Afghanistan - Finland - Iran, Islamic Republic of |
Ra 2018/18/0533
The applicant is an Afghan national and member of the ethnic group of Hazaras who was born and raised in Iran. He lodged an application for international protection in Austria in July 2015 which was rejected in first instance in September 2017.The Federal Administrative Court dismissed his appeal on 03/09/2018, arguing that even though the applicant cannot return to Sar-e Pol (where his family was originally from), there was an IFA available in Kabul or Mazar-e Sharif. It elaborated that the applicant had already gathered professional experience, had grown up in an Afghan family and was native speaker of one of the official languages and concluded that the applicant was familiar with the cultural circumstances in Afghanistan. The Austrian Supreme Administrative Court annulled this decision. It stated that the Federal Administrative Court's conclusion that the applicant was familiar with the cultural circumstances in Afghanistan was not evidence-based and emphasized that that the applicant had explicitly contested this. Furthermore the Supreme Administrative Court criticized that the Federal Administrative Court did not take into account and analyse the UNHCR-Afghanistan guidelines. A respective obligation derives from the respective Austrian case law as well as from European Union Law. The Court emphasized that according to UNHCR there was in general no IFA available in Kabul and that the availability of an IFA in other cities was questionable and needed to be assessed in a thorough manner on a case-to-case basis. 13 December 2018 | Judicial Body: Austria: Supreme Administrative Court (Verwaltungsgerichtshof) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) | Countries: Afghanistan - Austria - Iran, Islamic Republic of |
Attacks across Afghanistan kill at least 31
11 December 2018 | Publisher: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty | Document type: Country News |
At least eight Afghan soldiers killed, nine captured in Taliban attack
9 December 2018 | Publisher: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty | Document type: Country News |
Family of Afghan boy of 'Messi' fame live in fear
8 December 2018 | Publisher: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty | Document type: Country News |