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Slovenia - Supreme Court of the Republic of Slovenia, 2 September 2015, Judgment of I Up 47/2015

Country of Decision: Slovenia
Country of Applicant: Syria
Keywords: Actor of persecution or serious harm, Acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the UN, Armed conflict, Crime against humanity, International armed conflict, Persecution Grounds/Reasons, Political Opinion, Refugee Status, War crimes

The assigned political belief of an individual, his desertion or avoiding being drafted in the army are sufficient to grant a refugee status to an individual, if there is a connection between the reasons for persecution and the acts of persecution in line with Article 1.A of the Geneva Convention 1951 in a situation of an armed conflict. 
Date: 02-09-2015

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