Adjudication of asylum claims (refugee status determination / asylum procedures) / Cessation clauses

To invoke the ceased circumstances clause, the circumstances have to have changed since the status was last extended (here: attaining the age of majority). However, changes in circumstances since the protection status was initially granted may also be relevant.

17 October 2019 | Judicial Body: Austria: Supreme Administrative Court (Verwaltungsgerichtshof) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Cessation clauses - Complementary forms of protection - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) | Countries: Afghanistan - Austria

The asylum authority must revoke protection status based on changed circumstances, if it had granted such status based on wrong assumptions even if the applicant had not caused or contributed to this error. (Underlying Case of Mohammed Bilali v BFA C- 720/17)

14 August 2019 | Judicial Body: Austria: Supreme Administrative Court (Verwaltungsgerichtshof) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Cancellation - Cessation clauses - Complementary forms of protection - Regional instruments - Statelessness | Countries: Algeria - Austria - Morocco