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Migration and Home Affairs

Definition(s)

Specifically, any of the provisions of the Geneva Refugee Convention and Protocol , such as articles 1D, 1E and 1F, which mandatorily deny the benefits of refugee status to persons who already received UN or national protection , or to persons about whom there are good reasons to believe that they have committed a war crime, a crime against humanity , a serious non-political crime, or acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the UN (e.g. the persecution of others).

Source(s)

Art. 1D, 1E and 1F of the Geneva Refugee Convention and Protocol

Translations

  • BG: изключваща клауза
  • CS: exkluzivní klauzule / vylučovací klauzule
  • DE: Ausschlussklausel
  • EL: ρήτρα αποκλεισμού
  • EN: exclusion clause
  • ES: cláusula de exclusión
  • ET: välistav klausel
  • FI: poissulkemislauseke
  • FR: clause d’exclusion
  • GA: clásal eisiaimh
  • HR: klauzula isključenja
  • HU: kizáró klauzulák
  • IT: clausola di esclusione
  • LT: prašymo atmetimo pagrindai
  • LV: izslēgšanas noteikums
  • MT: Klawsola ta’ tbarrija / t’esklużjoni
  • NL: uitsluitingsgronden
  • PL: klauzula wykluczająca
  • PT: cláusulas de exclusão
  • RO: cauză de excludere
  • SK: doložka o vylúčení / vylučovacia klauzula / vylučovacie ustanovenie
  • SL: izključitvena klavzula
  • SV: undantagsklausul / uteslutandeklausul
  • NO: unntaksbestemmelse (b); unntaksføresegn (n)
  • KA: გამორიცხვის დებულება
  • UK: застереження про виключення
  • HY: բացառման պայման

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Note(s)

The EU asylum acquis (see for example Art. 12 and 17 of Directive 2011/95/EU (Recast Qualification Directive) has incorporated these Geneva Refugee Convention clauses whilst additionally stipulating exclusion clauses in relation to subsidiary protection.