Asylum Policy Instruction October 2006 Articles 1F and 33(2) 161006 disclosable ARTICLES 1F AND 33(2) OF THE 1951 REFUGEE CONVENTION 1. INTRODUCTION ......................................... 3 2. THE ARTICLE 1F EXCLUSION CLAUSES – GENERAL ........... 7 2.1. Background ....................................... 7 2.2. Approach to consideration of the asylum claim - general ............................................... 7 2.3. Approach where Articles 1A and 1F may both be relevant .............................................. 8 2.4. Standard of proof ................................ 9 2.5. Burden of proof .................................. 9 2.6. Issues of complicity, culpability and responsibility ........................................ 9 2.7. Persons already punished for the Article 1F crime or act ............................................... 11 2.8. Extradition ..................................... 11 2.9. No balancing test ............................... 12 3. APPLICATION OF ARTICLE 1F(a) - CRIMES AGAINST PEACE, WAR CRIMES AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY ............... 13 3.1. Location where the crime was committed .......... 14 4. APPLICATION OF ARTICLE 1F(b) – SERIOUS NON-POLITICAL CRIMES ................................................. 15 4.1. Definition of “Serious crime” ................... 15 4.1.1. Link to approach taken to Article 33(2) ...................................................15 4.2. “Non-political crime” ........................... 16 4.3. “Outside the country of refuge” ................. 17 5. ARTICLE 1F(c) – ACTS CONTRARY TO THE PURPOSES AND PRINCIPLES OF THE UNITED NATIONS ....................... 19 5.1. Actions by non-state persons .................... 19 5.2. Terrorism ....................................... 20 5.3. Membership of a terrorist organisation (including proscribed organisations) ............................ 21 5.4. Location where the act was committed ............ 22 6. UNACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOURS ............................. 22 7. CANCELLATION OR REVOCATION OF REFUGEE STATUS ON ACCOUNT OF ARTICLE 1F .................................. 23 8. ARTICLE 33(2): EXPULSION OF A REFUGEE ............... 24 8.1. Introduction .................................... 24 8.2. Application of Article 33(2) .................... 25 PURL: https://www.legal-tools.org/doc/1b41ab/
ARTICLES 1F AND 33(2) OF THE 1951 REFUGEE CONVENTION
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