European Union Agency for Asylum
  • Main Menu
  • Top Menu
  • Member Area
  • About Us
    • Who We Are
    • What We Do
    • Management Board
    • Governance and Internal Control
    • Fundamental Rights Officer
    • Legal Basis
    • FAQs
    • Contact Us
  • Training
    • About EUAA Training and Professional Development
    • Learning Approach
    • Training Activities
    • Training Tools
    • Publications and Key Documents
    • Training catalogue
    • Annual Training Report
  • Asylum Knowledge
    • Asylum Report
    • Information and Analysis on Developments in Asylum
    • Data Analysis and Research
    • Country of Origin Information
    • MedCOI (Medical Country of Origin Information)
    • Country Guidance
    • Asylum Processes
    • Dublin Procedure
    • Courts and Tribunals
    • Reception
    • Vulnerability
    • Monitoring of the CEAS
  • Operations
    • Operational Assistance
    • Country Operations
    • SAR Support and Relocation
    • Resettlement
    • EUAA Asylum and Reception Operational Response Catalogue
    • Complaints Mechanism
  • Partners
    • EU Stakeholders
    • International Stakeholders
    • Civil Society and the Consultative Forum
  • Publications / Public Registry
    • Public documents request
  • News
    • Press Releases and News
    • Newsletter
    • Audio Visuals
    • Press and Social Media
    • EUAA State of Asylum Conference
  • Asylum Trends
  • Practical Tools
  • Careers
  • Grants & Tenders
  • Member Area
    • Member area
  • Member area
European Union Agency for Asylum

Header Menu

  • Asylum Trends
  • Practical Tools
  • Careers
  • Grants & Tenders
  • Member Area
    • Member area
  • Open Immersive reader mode
Accessibility
  • About Us
    • Who We Are
    • What We Do
    • Management Board
    • Governance and Internal Control
    • Fundamental Rights Officer
    • Legal Basis
    • FAQs
    • Contact Us
  • Training
    • About EUAA Training and Professional Development
    • Learning Approach
    • Training Activities
    • Training Tools
    • Publications and Key Documents
    • Training catalogue
    • Annual Training Report
  • Asylum Knowledge
    • Asylum Report
    • Information and Analysis on Developments in Asylum
    • Data Analysis and Research
    • Country of Origin Information
    • MedCOI (Medical Country of Origin Information)
    • Country Guidance
    • Asylum Processes
    • Dublin Procedure
    • Courts and Tribunals
    • Reception
    • Vulnerability
    • Monitoring of the CEAS
  • Operations
    • Operational Assistance
    • Country Operations
    • SAR Support and Relocation
    • Resettlement
    • EUAA Asylum and Reception Operational Response Catalogue
    • Complaints Mechanism
  • Partners
    • EU Stakeholders
    • International Stakeholders
    • Civil Society and the Consultative Forum
  • Publications / Public Registry
    • Public documents request
  • News
    • Press Releases and News
    • Newsletter
    • Audio Visuals
    • Press and Social Media
    • EUAA State of Asylum Conference
  • Home
  • Country Guidance: Explained
  • Chapters of the country guidance
  • Subsidiary protection
  • Article 15(c) QD/QR: indiscriminate violence in situations of armed conflict

Life or person

Table of contents

Table of Contents

  • About country guidance
  • Using country guidance
  • Chapters of the country guidance
    • Introductory chapter
    • Actors of persecution or serious harm
    • Refugee status
    • Subsidiary protection
      • Article 15(a) QD/QR: death penalty or execution
      • Article 15(b) QD/QR: torture or inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in the country of origin
      • Article 15(c) QD/QR: indiscriminate violence in situations of armed conflict
        • Armed conflict
        • Civilian
        • Indiscriminate violence
        • Serious and individual threat
        • Life or person
        • Nexus (by reason of)
    • Actors of protection
    • Internal protection alternative
    • Exclusion
  • List of abbreviations

 

Please cite as: EUAA, 'Life or person' in Country Guidance: Explained, February 2025.

Print

Country-specific guidance may provide examples of the commonly reported types of harm to civilian's life or person.

Book traversal links for Life or person

  • Previous
  • Parent
  • Next
Disclaimer: Some of the content of this website was originally created by the European Asylum Support Office (EASO), which has since become the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA).

Explore

  • Procurement
  • Careers
  • Practical Tools

Follow Us

Newsletter

Subscribe to our newsletter

Contact Us

European Union Agency for Asylum

MTC Block, Winemakers Wharf
Grand Harbour, Valletta
MRS 1917
Malta

Tel: +356 2248 7500
Email: info@euaa.europa.eu

  View Sitemap  

Sitemap

  • About Us
    • Who We Are
    • What We Do
    • Management Board
    • Governance and Internal Control
    • Fundamental Rights Officer
    • Legal Basis
    • FAQs
    • Contact Us
  • Training
    • About EUAA Training and Professional Development
    • Learning Approach
    • Training Activities
    • Training Tools
    • Publications and Key Documents
    • Training catalogue
    • Annual Training Report
  • Asylum Knowledge
    • Asylum Report
    • Information and Analysis on Developments in Asylum
    • Data Analysis and Research
    • Country of Origin Information
    • MedCOI (Medical Country of Origin Information)
    • Country Guidance
    • Asylum Processes
    • Dublin Procedure
    • Courts and Tribunals
    • Reception
    • Vulnerability
    • Monitoring of the CEAS
  • Operations
    • Operational Assistance
    • Country Operations
    • SAR Support and Relocation
    • Resettlement
    • EUAA Asylum and Reception Operational Response Catalogue
    • Complaints Mechanism
  • Partners
    • EU Stakeholders
    • International Stakeholders
    • Civil Society and the Consultative Forum
  • Publications / Public Registry
    • Public documents request
  • News
    • Press Releases and News
    • Newsletter
    • Audio Visuals
    • Press and Social Media
    • EUAA State of Asylum Conference
© European Union Agency for Asylum 2025

Legal and Data Protection Website Accessibility Policy EUAA Web Design System EUAA terminology database