Brussels, 02/12/2014 (Agence Europe) - How far can a national authority go and what methods can it use within the bounds of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights to verify claims to be homosexual made by an asylum seeker alleging that, for that reason, he/she is persecuted in his/her country?
The Court of Justice of the EU responded to these questions in a ruling delivered on Tuesday 2 December in three joined cases (C-148/13, C-149/13 and C-150/13) in answer to the Dutch Council of State....