Submission by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the case of 2019Nu61740 before the Seoul High Court

In this submission, UNHCR provides its interpretation of the relevant principles of international refugee and human rights law that govern the determination of refugee claims based on political opinion and objection to military service as well as the concept of individualized risk in the context of persons fleeing generalized conflict and violence. It further addresses the impermissibility of refusal of claims based on their late submission; as well as the State’s duty of independent inquiry, preceding any removal measure, in accordance with the principle of non-refoulement. UNHCR further provides up-to-date relevant country of origin information on the situation in the Syrian Arab Republic.