Evidentiary assessment and the EU qualification directive

This document analyses the 2004 EU Qualification Directive’s express regulation of assessments performed in connection with applications for international protection (art. 4 QD, which covers both categories of international protection under the Directive) as well as various forms of terminating protection (art. 14.2 QD regarding the refugee status category, art. 19.4 QD for the subsidiary protection status category). The Directive lacks a corresponding provision for exclusion, but the author argues that international law provides guidance in this regard.