The CJEU was asked to clarify whether the reference to ‘internal armed conflict’ in the context of EU asylum law, must be read independently from the definition used in international humanitarian law (“IHL”) and, if so, which criteria must be met for a situation to amount to an ‘internal armed conflict’. On 30 January 2014, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) issued a preliminary reference ruling in case C-285/12 Diakité concerning the interpretation of ‘internal armed conflict’ in the context of the subsidiary protection regime, established by Directive 2004/83/EC (“ Qualification Directive“). This article is to be read in conjunction with the EDAL Case Summary
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