Chapter II: SUBSIDIARY PROTECTION

Subsidiary protection is granted to any person who does not meet the conditions for being recognised as a refugee but for whom there are serious and proven grounds for believing that there would be a real risk of suffering one of the following serious harm in their country:1° The death penalty or an execution;2° Torture or inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment;3° In the case of a civilian, a serious…

Subsidiary protection is not granted to a person if there are serious grounds for believing:1° That he or she has committed a crime against peace, a war crime or a crime against humanity;2° That he or she has committed a serious crime;3° That he or she has been guilty of acts contrary to the aims and principles of the United Nations;4° That his or her activity in the territory constitutes…

The French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons terminates, on its own initiative or at the request of the administrative authority, the benefit of subsidiary protection when the circumstances which justified the granting of this protection have ceased to exist or have undergone a sufficiently significant and lasting change so that it is no longer required.The Office will also terminate subsidiary protection at any time, on its…

In the cases provided for in 1° and 2° of Article L. 512-3, where the granting of subsidiary protection results from a decision of the Cour nationale du droit d’asile or the Conseil d’Etat, the matter may be referred to the court by the Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides or by the Minister responsible for asylum with a view to terminating subsidiary protection. The details of this…