Revista de Derecho Comunitario Europeo
Volume 14, Issue 35, 2010, Pages 239-255

ECJ - Judgment of 17.02.2009, Elgafaji Vs Staatssecretaris Van Justitie - C-465/07 - European asylum and refugee policy - article 3 ECHR - subsidiary protection - serious and individual threat to a civilian's life or person by reason of indiscriminate violence in situations of armed conflict - proof [TJCE - Sentencia De 17.02.2009, Elgafaji C. Staatssecretaris Van Justitie - C-465/07 - Politica Europea De Asilo Y Refugio - Articulo 3 CEDH -Protección Subsidiaria - Amenazas Graves E Individuales Contra La Vida O La Integridad Física De Un Civil Motivadas Por Una Violencia Indiscriminada En Situaciones De Conflicto Armado - Prueba] (Article)

Acosta Sánchez M.A. , Njiki M.R.
  • a Departamento de Derecho Internacional Público, Derecho Penal y Derecho Procesal, Universidad de Cádiz, Spain
  • b Universidad de Cádiz, Spain

Abstract

In this Judgment, the ECJ considers subsidiary protection as outlined in Article 15 c) of the Regulation 2004/83/EC, to represent a protective measure that goes beyond that of Article 3 from the ECHR, principally because its interpretation should be done autonomously by Community Law. Additionally, this ruling adds that situations of indiscriminate violence, like those which happen occasionally in an internal or international armed conflict, do not require proof of a serious or individual personal threat to the applicant of subsidiary protection. Finally, the existence of such threats should be presumed when indiscriminate violence is of such a magnitude that the person expelled to the country or region in question faces the risk of suffering from such threats simply by his presence in the territory.

Author Keywords

Harm because of personal conditions Subsidiary protection Indiscriminate violence Serious and individual threat to a civiliańs life or person Political asylum

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ISSN: 11384026
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Original Language: English; Spanish; French