Title	Directive 2011/95/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on standards for the qualification of third-country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection, for a uniform status for refugees or for persons eligible for subsidiary protection, and for the content of the protection granted (recast)
Publisher	European Union: Council of the European Union
Publication Date	20 December 2011
Topics	EU Qualification Directive | Refugee / Asylum law | Regional instruments
Citation / Document Symbol	OJ L. 337/9-337/26; 20.12.2011, 2011/95/EU
Other Languages / Attachments	Greek | Japanese | Russian
Related Document(s)	Directive 2011/95/UE du Parlement Européen et du Conseil du 13 décembre 2011 concernant les normes relatives aux conditions que doivent remplir les ressortissants des pays tiers ou les apatrides pour pouvoir bénéficier d'une protection internationale, à un statut uniforme pour les réfugiés ou les personnes pouvant bénéficier de la protection subsidiaire, et au contenu de cette protection (refonte)
Cite as	European Union: Council of the European Union, Directive 2011/95/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on standards for the qualification of third-country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection, for a uniform status for refugees or for persons eligible for subsidiary protection, and for the content of the protection granted (recast), 20 December 2011, OJ L. 337/9-337/26; 20.12.2011, 2011/95/EU, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/4f197df02.html [accessed 18 May 2023]
Comments	Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council. Published in the Official Journal of the European Union, L 337/9, 20 December 2011. The 2011 Qualification Directive supersedes the 2004 Qualification Directive: Council Directive 2004/83/EC of 29 April 2004 on Minimum Standards for the Qualification and Status of Third Country Nationals or Stateless Persons as Refugees or as Persons Who Otherwise Need International Protection and the Content of the Protection Granted . UNHCR Comments on the European Commission's amended recast proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and the Council laying down standards for the reception of asylum-seekers, July 2012, (COM (2011) 320 final, 1 June 2011)
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