Case C-217/23, Laghman: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 27 March 2025 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof – Austria) – Bundesamt für Fremdenwesen und Asyl v A N (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Area of freedom, security and justice – Common asylum policy – Directive 2011/95/EU – Conditions that must be fulfilled by third-country nationals in order to be eligible for refugee status – Article 2(d) – Reasons for persecution – Article 10(1)(d) – Concept of membership of a particular social group – Condition relating to the perception of the group as being different by the surrounding society in the country of origin – Qualification for subsidiary protection – Article 2(f) – Concept of serious harm – Article 15(a) and (b) – Persons who are part of the same family and are targeted by a blood feud because of their family relationship)
Date: 2025-03-27
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: foreign national, international protection, persecution, right of asylum, social class








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C/2025/2823


2.6.2025






Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 27 March 2025 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof – Austria) – Bundesamt für Fremdenwesen und Asyl v A N


(Case C-217/23,
                (1)
Laghman)
                (2)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Area of freedom, security and justice - Common asylum policy - Directive 2011/95/EU - Conditions that must be fulfilled by third-country nationals in order to be eligible for refugee status - Article 2(d) - Reasons for persecution - Article 10(1)(d) - Concept of ‘membership of a particular social group’ - Condition relating to the perception of the group as being different by the surrounding society in the country of origin - Qualification for subsidiary protection - Article 2(f) - Concept of ‘serious harm’ - Article 15(a) and (b) - Persons who are part of the same family and are targeted by a blood feud because of their family relationship)
(C/2025/2823)
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Verwaltungsgerichtshof

Parties to the main proceedings


Appellant on a point of law: Bundesamt für Fremdenwesen und Asyl

Interested party: A N

Operative part of the judgment

Article 10(1)(d) of Directive 2011/95/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on standards for the qualification of third-country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection, for a uniform status for refugees or for persons eligible for subsidiary protection, and for the content of the protection granted
must be interpreted as meaning that an applicant for international protection targeted by a blood feud in his or her country of origin because of his or her status as a member of a family involved in a property dispute may not, for that reason alone, be regarded as belonging to a ‘particular social group’ within the meaning of that provision.


(1)  
            OJ C 261, 24.7.2023.

(2)  The name of the present case is a fictitious name. It does not correspond to the real name of any party to the proceedings.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/2823/oj
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