Title | Statement on the Interpretation and Application of Article 1D of the 1951 Convention and Article 12(1)(a) of the EU Qualification Directive Issued in the context of the preliminary ruling reference to the Court of Justice of the European Union from the Bundesverwaltungsgericht (Germany) lodged on 3 July 2019 – Federal Republic of Germany v XT (C-507/19) |
Publisher | UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) |
Publication Date | 18 August 2020 |
Country | Germany | Lebanon | State of Palestine | Syrian Arab Republic |
Topics | EU Qualification Directive | Palestinian |
Related Document(s) | Guidelines on International Protection No. 13: Applicability of Article 1D of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees to Palestinian Refugees | Bundesrepublik Deutschland v XT, Case C‑507/19, Request for a preliminary ruling | Opinion of Advocate General Tanchev delivered on 1 October 2020 in Case C-507/19 |
Cite as | UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Statement on the Interpretation and Application of Article 1D of the 1951 Convention and Article 12(1)(a) of the EU Qualification Directive Issued in the context of the preliminary ruling reference to the Court of Justice of the European Union from the Bundesverwaltungsgericht (Germany) lodged on 3 July 2019 – Federal Republic of Germany v XT (C-507/19) , 18 August 2020, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/5f3bdd234.html [accessed 21 May 2023] |
Comments | the present statement will set out UNHCR’s observations on a number of aspects of the interpretation and application of the second paragraph of Article 1D of the 1951 Convention and the second sentence of Article 12(1)(a) of the Qualification Directive that arise in the context of the preliminary reference. |