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Case C-222/22, Bundesamt für Fremdenwesen und Asyl (Subsequent religious conversion): Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 29 February 2024 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof - Austria) – Bundesamt für Fremdenwesen und Asyl v JF (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Area of freedom, security and justice – Asylum policy – Directive 2011/95/EU – Standards for the qualification as beneficiaries of international protection – Content of that protection – Article 5 – International protection needs arising sur place – Subsequent application for recognition of refugee status – Article 5(3) – Concept of ‘circumstances which the applicant has created by his or her own decision since leaving the country of origin’ – Abusive intent and abuse of the applicable procedure – Activities in the host Member State not constituting the expression and continuation of convictions or orientations held in the country of origin – Religious conversion)
Case C-222/22, Bundesamt für Fremdenwesen und Asyl (Subsequent religious conversion): Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 29 February 2024 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof - Austria) – Bundesamt für Fremdenwesen und Asyl v JF (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Area of freedom, security and justice – Asylum policy – Directive 2011/95/EU – Standards for the qualification as beneficiaries of international protection – Content of that protection – Article 5 – International protection needs arising sur place – Subsequent application for recognition of refugee status – Article 5(3) – Concept of ‘circumstances which the applicant has created by his or her own decision since leaving the country of origin’ – Abusive intent and abuse of the applicable procedure – Activities in the host Member State not constituting the expression and continuation of convictions or orientations held in the country of origin – Religious conversion)
Case C-222/22, Bundesamt für Fremdenwesen und Asyl (Subsequent religious conversion): Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 29 February 2024 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof - Austria) – Bundesamt für Fremdenwesen und Asyl v JF (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Area of freedom, security and justice – Asylum policy – Directive 2011/95/EU – Standards for the qualification as beneficiaries of international protection – Content of that protection – Article 5 – International protection needs arising sur place – Subsequent application for recognition of refugee status – Article 5(3) – Concept of ‘circumstances which the applicant has created by his or her own decision since leaving the country of origin’ – Abusive intent and abuse of the applicable procedure – Activities in the host Member State not constituting the expression and continuation of convictions or orientations held in the country of origin – Religious conversion)
OJ C, C/2024/2389, 8.4.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2389/oj (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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Official Journal |
EN C series |
C/2024/2389 |
8.4.2024 |
Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 29 February 2024 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof — Austria) — Bundesamt für Fremdenwesen und Asyl v JF
(Case C-222/22, (1) Bundesamt für Fremdenwesen und Asyl (Subsequent religious conversion))
(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Area of freedom, security and justice - Asylum policy - Directive 2011/95/EU - Standards for the qualification as beneficiaries of international protection - Content of that protection - Article 5 - International protection needs arising sur place - Subsequent application for recognition of refugee status - Article 5(3) - Concept of ‘circumstances which the applicant has created by his or her own decision since leaving the country of origin’ - Abusive intent and abuse of the applicable procedure - Activities in the host Member State not constituting the expression and continuation of convictions or orientations held in the country of origin - Religious conversion)
(C/2024/2389)
Language of the case: German
Referring court
Verwaltungsgerichtshof
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicant: Bundesamt für Fremdenwesen und Asyl
Defendant: JF
Operative part of the judgment
Article 5(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
must be interpreted as precluding national legislation which makes the recognition of the status of refugee following a subsequent application within the meaning of Article 2(q) of Directive 2013/32/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on common procedures for granting and withdrawing international protection, based on a risk of persecution arising from circumstances which the applicant has created by his or her own decision since leaving his or her country of origin, subject to the condition that those circumstances must constitute the expression and continuation of convictions held by the applicant in that country.
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2389/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)