EDAL case summaries
Country of Decision: Germany
Country of Applicant: Togo
Keywords: Accelerated procedure, Acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the UN, Circumstances ceased to exist, Duty of applicant, Previous persecution, Real risk, Refugee Status, Relevant Facts, Standard of proof
1. Changes in the home country are only considered to be sufficiently significant and non-temporary if the refugee’s fear of persecution can no longer be regarded as well-founded.
2. Based on the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) which applies to the concept of “real risk” according to Article 3 ECHR (European Convention on Human Rights), a uniform standardof probability is applied to assessing the likelihood of persecution in the context of refugee protection; this corresponds to the standard of substantial probability.
Date: 01-03-2012
