Commissaire Général Aux Réfugiés et Aux Apatrides v. Mostafa Lounani

Abstract

Aliens — Asylum claim — Refusal of asylum — Refusal of asylum overturned — Article 1F(c) of Refugee Convention, 1951 — Article 12(2)(c) of European Council Directive 2004/83 — Whether asylum seeker guilty of acts contrary to purposes and principles of United Nations — Whether conviction as member of leadership of terrorist organization sufficient — Whether commission or instigation of terrorist act required — Terrorism

Relationship of international law and municipal law — Treaties — Refugee Convention, 1951 — European Union law — European Council Directive 2004/83/EC — Framework Decision 2002/475 — United Nations — Relevant Security Council resolutions — Meaning of acts contrary to purposes and principles of United Nations

Treaties — Interpretation — Refugee Convention, 1951 — Article 1F(c) of Refugee Convention, 1951 — Principles and purposes of United Nations — Whether participation in terrorist group contrary to principles and purposes of United Nations — Meaning and scope — Relevant Security Council resolutions — Resolution 1624 — Resolution 1377 — Resolution 2178

Terrorism — United Nations — Meaning of acts contrary to purposes and principles of United Nations — Whether participation in terrorist group constituting acts contrary to principles and purposes of United Nations — Exclusion clause — Article 1F(c) of Refugee Convention, 1951 — Article 12(2)(c) of European Council Directive 2004/83 — Whether acts contrary to principles and purposes of United Nations confined to terrorist offences defined in Article 1(1) of Framework Decision 2002/475 — The law of the European Union