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  • II International framework for refugee protection
  • II.2 The 1951 Geneva Convention
  • II.2.5 Procedures for determining refugee status
  • II.2.5.2 Evidentiary issues

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  • I Introduction to International Refugee Law: background and context
  • II International framework for refugee protection
    • II.1 Universal principles and concepts of refugee protection
    • II.2 The 1951 Geneva Convention
      • II.2.1 Criteria for granting protection
      • II.2.2 Access to territory and protection at sea
      • II.2.3 Access to procedure
      • II.2.4 Reception conditions
      • II.2.5 Procedures for determining refugee status
        • II.2.5.1 Basic procedural requirements
        • II.2.5.2 Evidentiary issues
          • II.2.5.2.1 Standard of proof
          • II.2.5.2.2 Credibility
          • II.2.5.2.3 Factors affecting evidentiary assessment
      • II.2.6 Content of refugee status
      • II.2.7 Detention
    • II.3 Other forms of international protection
    • II.4 Internally Displaced Persons
  • III African Framework for Refugee Protection
  • IV Framework for refugee and IDP protection in the Americas
  • V Asian Framework for refugee protection
  • VI European framework for refugee protection
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II.2.5.2 Evidentiary issues

Main debate

  • What is the 'standard of proof' in refugee status claims? Is there a difference between the standards applied in domestic jurisdictions?
  • Who bears the burden of proof – the applicant, the state, or is it a shared duty?

Main Point

Burden of persuasion and benefit of the doubt

 
 
 
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