# Directive 2011/95/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council 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 (recast), Article 15: Serious harm

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Serious harm consists of:
(a) the death penalty or execution; or
(b) torture or inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment of an applicant in the country of origin; or
(c) serious and individual threat to a civilian’s life or person by reason of indiscriminate violence in situations of international or internal armed conflict.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2011/95/article/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2011-95/article-15
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