Press Release: Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-465/07. Meki Elgafaji and Noor Elgafaji v. Staatssecretaris van Justitie

An applicant for subsidiary protection does not necessarily have to prove that he is specifically targeted in his country of origin by reason of factors particular to his circumstances. The degree of indiscriminate violence in the applicant’s country of origin can exceptionally suffice for the competent authorities to decide that a civilian, if returned to his country of origin, would face a real risk of being subject to serious and individual threat.