In tema di informazioni sui Paesi di origine nella procedura di riconoscimento della protezione internazionale

The UNHCR has provided indications concerning the principles and methods that should be used in establishing the conditions needed for the recognition of refugee status. The UNHCR directions show the centrality of the role of the competent authority in cooperating with applicants for the acquisition of information on their country of origin. Those same directions also show the importance of the above-mentioned information, for the purpose of reconstructing the actual situation of the person who is applying for the refugee status. The discipline contained in the relevant EU acts is consistent with these indications, which are, in turn, reflected in developments of judgments of the EU Court of Justice and the European Court of Human Rights, as well as in numerous rulings of the Court of Cassation. These rulings have moreover given rise to a specific orientation in the matter, which is consolidated by recent ordinances. The role of information on the country of origin is increased by the activation of the concept of the safe country of origin, in the Italian legal system