Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 25 January 2018

F v Bevándorlási és Állampolgársági Hivatal

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Szegedi Közigazgatási és Munkaügyi Bíróság

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Article 7 — Respect for private and family life — Directive 2011/95/EU — Standards for granting refugee status or subsidiary protection status — Fear of persecution on grounds of sexual orientation — Article 4 — Assessment of facts and circumstances — Recourse to an expert’s report — Psychological tests

Case C-473/16


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Link
Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2017:739
05/10/2017 F
Application (OJ)
28/10/2016 F
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2018:36
25/01/2018 F
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2018:36
25/01/2018 F
Judgment (OJ)
02/03/2018 F
Top of the page Legal analysis of the decision or of the case

Reports of Cases

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general)

Subject-matter

Information not available

Systematic classification scheme

1.
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.06 Area of freedom, security and justice
    4.06.01 Border checks, asylum and immigration
      4.06.01.03 Asylum policy
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.06 Area of freedom, security and justice
    4.06.01 Border checks, asylum and immigration
      4.06.01.03 Asylum policy
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.06 Area of freedom, security and justice
    4.06.01 Border checks, asylum and immigration
      4.06.01.03 Asylum policy
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.04 Fundamental rights
    1.04.03 The fundamental rights
      1.04.03.07 Respect for private and family life
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.06 Area of freedom, security and justice
    4.06.01 Border checks, asylum and immigration
      4.06.01.03 Asylum policy


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 29/08/2016

Date of the Opinion

  • 05/10/2017

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

25/01/2018


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 104 from 19.03.2018, p.8

Application: OJ C 419 from 14.11.2016, p.31

Name of the parties

F

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Reneman, A.M.: Het gebruik van psychologische tests met het oog op de beoordeling van de aangevoerde seksuele gerichtheid van een asielzoeker is in strijd met het recht op privéleven, Administratiefrechtelijke beslissingen ; Rechtspraak bestuursrecht 2018 nº 556-558 (NL)
  2. Simon, Denys: Preuve d'une orientation homosexuelle, Europe 2018 Mars Comm. nº 3 p.17-18 (FR)
  3. Barbou Des Places, Ségolène: Arrêt " F. " : l'admissibilité des tests psychologiques servant à évaluer l'orientation sexuelle des demandeurs d'asile, Journal de droit européen 2018 nº 249 p.178-179 (FR)
  4. Pfersich, Andreas: Art. 7 Charta der Grundrechte der Europäischen Union, Achtung des Privat- und Familienlebens, Richtlinie 2011/95/EU, Zuerkennung der Flüchtlingseigenschaft oder des subsidiären Schutzstatus, sexuelle Orientierung, Einholung eines Gutachtens, psychologische Tests, Zeitschrift für Ausländerrecht und Ausländerpolitik 2018 p.83 (DE)
  5. Rohmann, Tim: Antrag auf internationalen Schutz aufgrund sexueller Orientierung, Neue Zeitschrift für Verwaltungsrecht 2018 p.646-648 (DE)
  6. Czech, Philip: Unzulässigkeit der Einholung eines psychologischen Gutachtens über die sexuelle Orientierung eines Asylwerbers, Newsletter Menschenrechte 2018 nº 1 p.77-81 (DE)
  7. Sußner, Petra: Zulässigkeit der Einholung von psychologischen Gutachten zur Bestimmung der sexuellen Orientierung in Verfahren über Anträge auf internationalen Schutz, Migralex 2018 N°1 p.21-26 (DE)
  8. Antloga, Alenka: Ugotavljanje spolne usmerjenosti kot razloga za preganjanje na podlagi izvedenskega mnenja, Pravna praksa 2018 nº 27 p.29-30 (SL)
  9. Nagy-Nádasdi, Anita Rozália ; Kiss, Árpád Lajos ; Kekecs, Zoltán: F kontra Magyarország – a harmadik luxemburgi szexuális orientációs ítélet, Jogesetek Magyarázata 2018 nº 1 p.59-68 (HU)
  10. Rivera, Ilaria: La richiesta di asilo e l'uso della perizia per l'accertamento dell'orientamento sessuale, Giurisprudenza italiana 2018 p.2081-2085 (IT)
  11. Pomahač, Richard: Soudní dvůr : Význam psychologických testů pro posouzení sexuální orientace, Právní rozhledy : časopis pro všechna právní odvětví 2018 p.226-227 (CS)
  12. De Bruyckere, Valerie: Somewhere over the rainbow: on the use of psychological tests to detemine asylum seekers' sexual orientation and the impact on the right to private life (case C-473/16, 25 january 2018), CROATIAN YEARBOOK OF EUROPEAN LAW & POLICY 2018 Vol. 14 p.255-272 (EN)
  13. Nicolosi, F Salvatore: Evidential value of sexual orientation tests in EU asylum law, Journal of Immigration Asylum and Nationality Law 2019 p.36-46 (EN)
  14. Carlier, Jean-Yves ; Leboeuf, Luc: Droit européen des migrations, Journal de droit européen 2019 nº 3 p.114-130 (FR)
  15. Ferrara, Maria: La Corte di giustizia dell'Unione europea e lo "strano caso" dei Principi di Yogyakarta, Diritti umani e diritto internazionale 2019 N°1 Vol.13 p.175-196 (IT)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Szegedi Közigazgatási és Munkaügyi Bíróság - Hungary

Subject-matter

  • area of freedom, security and justice

Provisions of national law referred to

Information not available

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

  • Reference for a preliminary ruling

Formation of the Court

troisième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Bay Larsen

Advocate General

Wahl

Language(s) of the Case

  • Hungarian

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • English