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1 LAURENCE DE BAUCHE VULNERABILITY IN EUROPEAN LAW ON ASYLUM : A CONCEPTUALIZATION UNDER CONSTRUCTION Study on réception conditions for asylum seekers LA VULNÉRABILITÉ EN DROIT EUROPÉEN DE L'ASILE : UNE CONCEPTUALISATION EN CONSTRUCTION r Etude en matière de conditions d'accueil des dem andeurs d'asile M8BB ü

2 SOMMAIRE P a g e s R em erciem en ts/a ck n ow led gm en ts... vu Introduction... 1 Introduction... 9 P R E M IÈ R E P A R T IE ANALYSE DES DISPOSITIONS PERTINENTES, BONNES PRATIQUES ET RECOMMANDATIONS R é s u m é CHAPITRE INTRODUCTIF. - La prise en compte des personnes vulnérables dans les instrum ents juridiques autres que la directive relative aux conditions d accueil CHAPITRE I. - A nalyse juridique des d isp osition s pertinentes de la directive relative aux conditions d a c c u e il CHAPITRE II. - Les bonnes pratiques en m atière d identification des dem andeurs d asile v u ln érab les CHAPITRE III. - R ecom m andations en droit et en p ratiq u e P A R T I ANALYSIS OF THE RELEVANT PROVISIONS, GOOD PRACTICES AND RECOMMENDATIONS SU M M A R Y INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER. - T aking into account vulnérable p ersons in the légal in stru m en ts other than the réception conditions d ir e c tiv e B RU Y L A N T

3 X SOMMAIRE P ages CHAPTER I. - Légal analysis of the relevant p rovision s of the réception conditions d ir e c tiv e... CHAPTER II. Good practices in the field of identification of vulnérable asylum seek ers... CHAPITRE III. - R ecom m endations for law and p ractice... lo7 PART II LEGAL SYNTHESIS REPORT I<orewora CHAPTER I. - State and norm (s) of transposition of article CHAPTER II. - D éfinition of "vulnérable asylu m s e e k e r s... CHAPTER III. - Procédure of identification 1 88 CHAPTER IV. - Procédure of identification, asylu m procédure and déterm ination of the refugee s t a t u s... CHAPTER V. - Procédure of identification and détention 228 CHAPTER VI. - N orm s of transposition of the European Union M em ber S ta tes PART III PRACTICAL SYNTHESIS REPORT F o r e w o r d * CHAPTER I. - N ational practices in force regarding the procédure of id en tifica tio n CHAPTER II. - Opinion of the practitioners related to their national p r a c tic e... 2^8

4 SOMMAIRE XI PART IV CONTRIBUTIONS OF PARTNERS AND STAKEHOLDERS P ages CHAPTER I. - Identification of asy lu m -seek ers w ith spécial needs : exam p les of UNHCR practice, tools and experience from its opérations w o r ld w id e CHAPTER II. - E arly récognition of torture victim s : research - action lead by P arcours d E x il CHAPTER III. - T he M A PP-project : a good practice in the N eth erla n d s CHAPTER IV. - B erlin N etw ork for A sylum S eekers w ith Spécial N eed s - A governem ental and n on-govern em ental approach to im p lem en t the provision s of the EU réception conditions directive for vulnérable asylum seek ers A p p en d ices/a n n exes Appendix 1/Annexe 1 - List of the national légal experts/liste des experts juristes n a tio n a u x Appendix 2 /Annexe 2 - List of the national practitioners\liste des experts praticiens n a tionaux Appendix 3/Annexe 3 - Présentation of the Odysseus Académie Network/ Présentation du Réseau Académique Odysseus Appendix 4/Annexe 4 - U NH C R Guidance on the Use of Standardized Spécifie Needs Codes Appendix 5/ Annexe 5 - M A P P Desk asylum seekers with psychological problems Appendix 6/Annexe 6 - Parcours d'e xil Early récognition of traumatism victim s Appendix 7IAnnexe 7 - Council Directive /EG of 27 January 2003 laying down m inim um standards for the réception of asylum seekers Appendix 5/Annexe 8 - Directive du Conseil 2003I9ICE du 27 janvier 2003 relative à des normes minimales po%ir l accueil des demandeurs d asile dans les Etats membres Appendix 9/Annexe 9 - Proposai of 3 December 2008 for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down m inimum

5 XII SOMMAIRE standards for the réception of asylum seekers (Ilecast), COM (2008) 815 final ( Extracts)... Appendix 10/Annexe 10 - Amended proposai of 1 June 2011 for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down standards for the réception of asylum seekers (Recast), COM (2011) 320 final (E xtracts)... Appendix 11\Annexe 11 - Proposai of 21 Octoher 2009 for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on m inim um standards on procédures in Member States for granting and withdrawing international protection, (Recast), COM (2009) 554 final (E xtracts)... Appendix 12) Annexe 12 - Amended proposai of 1 June 2011 for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on common procédures for granting and withdrawing international protection status (Recast), COM (2011) 319 final ( Extracts)... Appendix 131 Annexe 13 - Proposai of 21 October 2009 for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on m inim um standards for the qualification and status of third country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection and the content of the protectiongranted, COM (2009) 551 final (Extracts)... Appendix 14) Annexe 14 - Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council IEU of 13 December 2011 on standards for the qualification of third-country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection, for a uniform status for refugees or for persons eligible for subsidiary protection, and for the content of the protection granted (Extracts)... BRU Y LAN T

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