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6. Exclusion

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  • Introduction
  • Guidance note
    • 1. Actors of persecution and serious harm
    • 2. Refugee status
      • Guidance on particular profiles
    • 3. Subsidiary protection
      • Article 15(a) QD
      • Article 15(b) QD
      • Article 15(c) QD
    • 4. Actors of protection
    • 5. Internal protection alternative
      • Part of the country
      • Safety
      • Travel and admittance
      • Reasonableness to settle
    • 6. Exclusion
      • a. Crime against peace, war crime or crime against humanity
      • b. Serious (non-political) crime
      • c. Acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the UN
      • d. Danger to the community or the security of the Member State
  • Common analysis
    • General remarks
  • 1. Actors of persecution or serious harm
    • General remarks
    • 1.1. The Nigerian State and state-affiliated actors
    • 1.2. Non-State actors
      • 1.2.1. Boko Haram, including JAS and ISIS-WA
      • 1.2.2. Militant groups in the Niger Delta
      • 1.2.3. Separatist movements
      • 1.2.4. Herders and farmers
      • 1.2.5. Student cults
      • 1.2.6. Traffickers and trafficking networks
      • 1.2.7. Other non-State actors
  • 2. Refugee status
    • General remarks
    • Analysis of particular profiles
      • 2.1. Individuals targeted by Boko Haram
      • 2.2. Individuals perceived as Boko Haram members or supporters
      • 2.3. Members of separatist movements and individuals perceived as supporting them
      • 2.4. Members of militant groups in the Niger Delta and individuals perceived as supporting them
      • 2.5. Members and perceived supporters of political parties
      • 2.6. Individuals involved in and affected by conflicts between herders and farmers
      • 2.7. Human rights activists, bloggers, journalists and other media workers
      • 2.8. Christian and Muslim minorities in specific areas
      • 2.9. Individuals accused of witchcraft or threatened in relation to ritual killings
      • 2.10. Individuals targeted by student cults
      • 2.11. LGBT persons
      • 2.12. Victims of human trafficking, including forced prostitution
      • 2.13. Women and girls
      • 2.14. Children
      • 2.15. Persons with disabilities or severe medical issues, including mental health issues
      • 2.16. Individuals accused of crimes in Nigeria
  • 3. Subsidiary protection
    • 3.1. Article 15(a) QD
    • 3.2. Article 15(b) QD
    • 3.3. Article 15(c) QD
      • 3.3.1. Preliminary remarks
      • 3.3.2. Armed conflict (international or internal)
      • 3.3.3. Qualification of a person as a ‘civilian’
      • 3.3.4. Indiscriminate violence
        • 3.3.4.1. Indicators
        • 3.3.4.2. Overview
        • 3.3.4.3. Assessment by zones
          • Indiscriminate violence in the North East Zone
          • Indiscriminate violence in the North Central Zone, South South zone, Adamawa, Kaduna, and Taraba
          • Indiscriminate violence in the Niger Delta
      • 3.3.5. Serious and individual threat
      • 3.3.6. Qualification of the harm as ‘threat to (a civilian’s) life or person
      • 3.3.7. Nexus/’by reason of’
  • 4. Actors of protection
    • 4.1. The State
    • 4.2. Parties or organisations
  • 5. Internal protection alternative
    • 5.1. Part of the country
    • 5.2. Safety
    • 5.3. Travel and admittance
    • 5.4. Reasonableness to settle
      • 5.4.1. General situation
      • 5.4.2. Individual circumstances
      • 5.4.3. Conclusions on particular profiles
  • 6. Exclusion
    • 6.1. Preliminary remarks
    • 6.2. Applicability of the exclusion grounds
      • 6.2.1. Crime against peace, war crime, or crime against humanity
      • 6.2.2. Serious (non-political) crime
      • 6.2.3. Acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the UN
      • 6.2.4. Danger to the community or the security of the Member State
    • 6.3. Individual responsibility
  • Abbreviations and glossary
  • Country of origin information references
  • Relevant case law
 
This chapter includes the following sections:
6.1. Preliminary remarks
6.2. Applicability of the exclusion grounds
a. Crime against peace, war crime or crime against humanity
b. Serious (non-political) crime
c. Acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the UN
d. Danger to the community or the security of the Member State
6.3. Individual responsibility

 

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