Towards an Asylum Law of armed conflicts? The Diakité judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union and its implications

Another parochial decision? The Common European Asylum System at the crossroad between IHL and refugee law in Diakité

1. Introduction The relationship between the EU legal order and the international one has been the focus of attention in recent years. Whilst triggered by the ‘insurrectionist’ attitude of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in the Kadi saga,[1] the study of the relationship between EU law and the international legal order...

An autonomous notion of non-international armed conflict in EU Asylum Law: Is there any role for International Humanitarian Law?

1. Introduction Under the law of the European Union, establishing the scope and extent of the concept of non-international armed conflict is essential in determining the limits and the extension of the subsidiary protection granted to those people fleeing their country, who are not protected by the Geneva Convention on the status of refugees. In...