Brussels, 30/01/2014 (Agence Europe) - In EU law, the interpretation to be given to the concept of “internal armed conflict” in EU Directive 2004/83/EC (on the criteria to be met by non-EU nationals to be granted international protection or the status of refugee) must be independent of the definition used in international humanitarian law. An internal armed conflict must be found to exist where a state's armed forces confront one or more armed groups or where two or more armed groups...