Background Material

Case Law

Negusie v. Holder (CSt., 2009)
German Supreme Court Decision 10 C 7.09 (war crime)
[ source site in German ] [ Google translate to English ]
German Supreme Court Decision 10 C 4.09 (war crime)
German Supreme Court Decision 10 C 24.08 (war crime)
German Supreme Court Decision 10 C 48.07 (exclusion clauses b + c)

List of recommended articles
UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Guidelines on International Protection No. 5: Application of the Exclusion Clauses: Article 1F of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, 4 September 2003, HCR/GIP/03/05, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/3f5857684.html
UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Background Note on the Application of the Exclusion Clauses: Article 1F of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, 4 September 2003, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/3f5857d24.html
UN High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR Statement on Article 1F of the 1951 Convention, July 2009, statement in relation to a preliminary ruling references to the Court of Justice of the European Communities from the German Federal Administrative Court regarding the interpretation of Articles 12(2)(b) and (c) of the Qualification Directive in the case of C-57/09 and C-101/09, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4a5de2992.html
UN High Commissioner for Refugees, JS (Sri Lanka) v, Secretary of State for Home Department - UNHCR letter to the parties, 8 December 2009, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b6a94c92.html
- Judgment to be found at: R (on the application of JS) (Sri Lanka) (Respondent) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department (Appellant), [2010] UKSC 15, United Kingdom: Supreme Court, 17 March 2010, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4ba0d8fd2.html