Case summaries
UK - Court of Appeal, AH (Algeria) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, 14 October 2015
Country of applicant:
Algeria
Article 1F of the Refugee Convention relates to the application of a definition and not whether an individual seeking asylum should obtain protection or not. Therefore, and with regards to Article 1F(b), any post-offence conduct does not serve to mitigate the seriousness of an alleged non-political offence. No doctrine of expiation is to, thus, be applied to Article 1F(b).
The term serious used in Article 1F(b) denotes especially grave offending and requires no further qualification by the term “particularly."
Date of decision:
14-10-2015
Relevant International and European Legislation:
EN - Qualification Directive, Directive 2004/83/EC of 29 April 2004,1951 Refugee Convention,Art 1A (2),Art 12,Art 12.2 (c),Art 17,Art 1F(c),Art 1F(b),Art 1,Art 1F,Art 21,Art 12.2 (b),Art 1D,European Union Law,Art 1B,Art 1E,Art 1C