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Law on the right to Asylum and subsidiary protection

Law on the right to Asylum and subsidiary protection

Human Mobility
Legislation
2009
Year of publication
2009
Specific thematic area
Refugee
Sector of governance
Human Mobility
Type of human mobility
Refugees
Characteristics of human mobility
Cross-border
Type of environmental driver
None
Local governance marker
Not Available
Sudden-onset/slow-onset
None
Sub-region
Southern Europe
Region
Southern Europe
Macro-region
Europe
Relevant GCM objective
    2 - Minimize adverse drivers5 - Regular pathways
Child marker
C
Gender marker
C
Human rights marker
C

Artículo 4. La protección subsidiaria. El derecho a la protección subsidiaria es el dispensado a las personas de otros países y a los apátridas que, sin reunir los requisitos para obtener el asilo o ser reconocidas como refugiadas, pero respecto de las cuales se den motivos fundados para creer que si regresasen a su país de origen en el caso de los nacionales o, al de su anterior residencia habitual en el caso de los apátridas, se enfrentarían a un riesgo real de sufrir alguno de los daños graves previstos en el artículo 10 de esta Ley, y que no pueden o, a causa de dicho riesgo, no quieren, acogerse a la protección del país de que se trate, siempre que no concurra alguno de los supuestos mencionados en los artículos 11 y 12 de esta Ley.

Arts. 4, 10

Article 4. Subsidiary protection. The right to subsidiary protection is the one granted to people from other countries and to stateless persons who, without meeting the requirements to obtain asylum or be recognized as refugees, but with respect to whom reasonable grounds are given to believe that if they were to return to their country of origin in the case of nationals, or that of their previous habitual residence in the case of stateless persons, would face a real risk of suffering any of the serious damages provided for in article 10 of this Law, and which cannot be or, because of said risk, they do not want to avail themselves of the protection of the country in question, provided that any of the cases mentioned in articles 11 and 12 of this Law do not occur.

Arts. 4, 10

*References to Kosovo shall be understood to be in the context of United Nations Security Council resolution 1244 (1999).