This chapter provides a brief outline and general considerations with regard to the assessment of applications for international protection in relation to the elements of the refugee definition (Article 2(d) QD) and proceeds with the analysis of information concerning 18 particular profiles of applicants. For each profile, and in some cases the relevant sub-profiles, it provides: COI summary, risk analysis (including findings whether the treatment the profile risks would amount to persecution and assessment of the level of risk), and conclusions with regard to the potential nexus to a reason for persecution.

 
The contents of this chapter include:
 

• Preliminary remarks
• Analysis of particular profiles with regard to qualification for refugee status
  • 2.1. Persons (perceived to be) affiliated with ISIL
  • 2.2. Sunni Arabs
  • 2.3. Human rights and political opposition activists and protesters
  • 2.4. Journalists and media workers
  • 2.5. Deserters from armed forces
  • 2.6. Individuals approached for recruitment by armed groups
  • 2.7. Former Baath party members
  • 2.8. Members of the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF), Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF), Peshmerga and local police
  • 2.9. Individuals perceived to oppose ISIL
  • 2.10. (Perceived) collaborators of Western armed forces, organisations, or companies
  • 2.11. Humanitarian workers
  • 2.12. LGBTIQ persons
  • 2.13. Individuals perceived to transgress moral codes
  • 2.14. Individuals considered to have committed blasphemy and/or apostasy
  • 2.15. Religious and ethnic minorities, and stateless persons
    • 2.15.1. Turkmen
    • 2.15.2. Yazidis
    • 2.15.3. Christians
    • 2.15.4. Shabak
    • 2.15.5. Kaka'i
    • 2.15.6. Sabean-Mandaeans
    • 2.15.7. Baha'i
    • 2.15.8. Bidoon
    • 2.15.9. Fayli Kurds
    • 2.15.10. Palestinians
  • 2.16. Women
    • 2.16.1. Violence against women and girls: overview
    • 2.16.2. Forced and child marriage
    • 2.16.3. Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C)
    • 2.16.4. Women acting in the public sphere
    • 2.16.5. Women perceived to have transgressed moral codes
    • 2.16.6. Women perceived to be associated with ISIL
    • 2.16.7. Single women and female heads of households
  • 2.17. Children
    • 2.17.1. Violence against children: overview
    • 2.17.2. Child marriage
    • 2.17.3. FGM/C
    • 2.17.4. Child labour and child trafficking
    • 2.17.5. Child recruitment
    • 2.17.6. Education of children and girls in particular
    • 2.17.7. Children born under ISIL who lack civil documentation
    • 2.17.8. Children without a care-taker
  • 2.18. Persons living with disabilities and persons with severe medical issues
  • 2.19. Persons involved in and affected by blood feuds in the context of tribal conflict
  • 2.20. Individuals accused of ordinary crimes