International Protection Considerations with regard to people fleeing the Syrian Arab Republic, Update VI
March 2021 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers |
Opinion of Advocate General Sharpston in Case C‑238/19 EZ v Federal Republic of Germany, represented by the Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Hannover (Administrative Court, Hanover, Germany))
Article 9(3) of 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 is to be interpreted as meaning that there must always be a causal link between the reasons for persecution in Article 10(1) and the acts of persecution defined in Article 9(1), including in cases where an applicant for international protection seeks to rely on Article 9(2)(e) of that directive. – Where an applicant for asylum seeks to invoke Article 9(2)(e) of Directive 2011/95 as the act of persecution, reliance upon that provision does not automatically establish that the person concerned has a well-founded fear of persecution because he holds a political opinion within the meaning of Article 10(1)(e) thereof. It is for the competent national authorities, acting under the supervision of the courts, to establish whether there is a causal link for the purposes of that directive. In conducting that assessment the following factors may be relevant: whether the applicant’s home country is conducting a war; the nature and methods employed by the military authorities in such a war; the availability of country reports documenting matters such as whether recruitment for military service is by conscription; whether the status of conscientious objector is recognised under national law and, if so, the procedures for establishing such status; the treatment of those subject to conscription who refuse to perform military service; the existence or absence of alternatives to military service; and the applicant’s personal circumstances, including his age. 28 May 2020 | Judicial Body: European Union: Court of Justice of the European Union | Document type: Case Law | Legal Instrument: 2004 Qualification Directive (EU) | Topic(s): EU Qualification Directive - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Germany - Syrian Arab Republic |
International Protection Considerations with regard to people fleeing the Syrian Arab Republic, Update V
3 November 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers |
Syria: Talks Should Address 'Disappeared'
30 August 2017 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News |
Syria: Talks Should Address 'Disappeared'
30 August 2017 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News |
Amicus curiae of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in case number UM 1970-17 before the Swedish Migration Court of Appeal (Migrationsöverdomstolen, Kammarrätten) Stockholm
11 August 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae |
Information Centre Asylum and Migration Briefing Notes (17 July 2017)
17 July 2017 | Publisher: Germany: Federal Office for Migration and Asylum | Document type: Country News |
Informationszentrum Asyl und Migration Briefing Notes (17 Juli 2017)
17 July 2017 | Publisher: Germany: Federal Office for Migration and Asylum | Document type: Country News |
Information Centre Asylum and Migration Briefing Notes (26 June 2017)
26 June 2017 | Publisher: Germany: Federal Office for Migration and Asylum | Document type: Country News |
Informationszentrum Asyl und Migration Briefing Notes (26 Juni 2017)
26 June 2017 | Publisher: Germany: Federal Office for Migration and Asylum | Document type: Country News |