Court of Justice of the European Union · Judgment
C-472/13Andre Lawrence Shepherd v Bundesrepublik Deutschland
- Decided
- 2015-02-26
- ECLI
- ECLI:EU:C:2015:117
- CELEX
- 62013CJ0472
- Finality
- Final, the decision cannot be appealed
The court's own keywords
Reference for a preliminary ruling — Area of freedom, security and justice — Asylum — Directive 2004/83/EC — Article 9(2)(b), (c), and (e) — Minimum standards for the qualification and status of third-country nationals or stateless persons as refugees — Conditions for obtaining refugee status — Acts of persecution — Criminal penalties for a member of the armed forces of the United States for refusing to serve in Iraq.
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