ECRE publishes Information Note on recast Qualification Directive

The Information Note, published on 7 October 2013, covers Directive 2011/95/EUof 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 (recast).

ECRE regards the recast Directive as an important step forward in harmonizing eligibility criteria and the content of protection at EU level. However, depending on its interpretation and application, the recast Directive may still allow for gaps in the protection of applicants and beneficiaries of international protection. Therefore, this note provides information on how to transpose and implement the recast Qualification Directive in a manner which ensures full consistency with international human rights and refugee law. The note focuses not only on areas of amendment but also on areas which ECRE remain concerned about in applying this Directive which were not addressed in the recast process. ECRE has also called for Member States to engage in dialogue with NGO's and civil society in a transparent and inclusive manner when transposing and implementing this recast Directive. Member States bound by it are required to bring into force domestic legislation necessary to comply with the Directive by 21 December 2013.

Read ECRE's Information Note on the Qualification Directive (recast).

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