Case summaries
CJEU - C-369/17, Shajin Ahmed v Bevándorlási és Menekültügyi Hivatal
Country of applicant:
Afghanistan
Keywords:
Exclusion from protection, Subsequent application
CJEU rules that Hungarian national law which defines ‘serious crime’ (in the context of exclusion from subsidiary protection) as a crime with a possible custodial of 5 years sentence as incompatible with the Qualification Directive. Instead, each crime must be looked at on an individual basis to ascertain its “seriousness”.
Date of decision:
13-09-2018
Relevant International and European Legislation:
1951 Refugee Convention,Art 1F,European Union Law,International Law,EN - Recast Qualification Directive, Directive 2011/95/EU of 13 December 2011,Recital (3),Recital (4),Recital (8),Recital (9),Recital (12),Recital (23),Recital (24),Recital (33),Recital (39),Article 2,Article 14,Article 17,Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union 2010/C 83/01,Article 78
CJEU – C-353/16, MP v Secretary of State for the Home Department
Country of applicant:
Sri Lanka
Keywords:
Inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Previous persecution, Serious harm, Subsidiary Protection, Torture, Health (right to)
The fact that a person cannot be repatriated under Article 3 of the ECHR does not imply that that person should be granted a leave to reside in the host country by way of subsidiary protection under Directive 2004/83. The person concerned is eligible for subsidiary protection only if there is a real risk of him being intentionally deprived, in his country of origin, of appropriate health care.
Date of decision:
24-04-2018
Relevant International and European Legislation:
Art 2 (e),Art 2,Art 18,Art 15,Art 4,Art 6,Art 4.4,Recital 6,Recital 25,Article 5,Article 3,Recital (12),Recital (34),Article 2,Article 4,Article 6,Article 15,Article 16,Article 18,Art. 3