2. The costs of lawsuit shall be borne by the Plaintiff.

A. On February 24, 2016, the Plaintiff entered the Republic of Korea with visa exemption (B-1) status on February 24, 2016, and applied for refugee recognition to the Defendant on May 13, 2016.

B. On July 5, 2016, the Defendant rendered a disposition of non-recognition of refugee status (hereinafter “instant disposition”) on the ground that the Plaintiff cannot be deemed as having a well-founded fear that he would suffer from persecution” as stipulated in Article 1 of the Convention on the Status of Refugees (hereinafter “Refugee”) and Article 1 of the Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees (hereinafter “Refugee Protocol”).

C. The Plaintiff appealed and filed an objection with the Minister of Justice on July 29, 2016, but the Minister of Justice dismissed the Plaintiff’s objection on December 22, 2016.

[Ground of recognition] Facts without dispute, Gap evidence Nos. 1 through 4, Eul evidence Nos. 1 and 2, and the purport of the whole pleadings

2. Whether the disposition is lawful;

A. The gist of the Plaintiff’s assertion is as follows: (a) the Plaintiff was insulting by the Plaintiff’s female of matrimonial engagement, and (b) the Plaintiff was threatened with murdering on the ground that he/she had sought from the Plaintiff to have his/her female of matrimonial engagement.

Therefore, if the plaintiff returned to Morocco, it shall be deemed that there is a risk of persecution, and the disposition of this case which did not recognize the plaintiff as a refugee should be deemed unlawful.

B. In full view of the provisions of Article 2 subparag. 1 and Article 18 of the Refugee Act, Article 1 of the Refugee Convention, and Article 1 of the Refugee Protocol, foreigners who, owing to a well-founded fear of persecution for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion, are unable or do not want the protection of the country of nationality, or who, owing to such fear, cannot return to, or do not want to return to, the country of nationality that had resided in the Republic of Korea before entering the Republic of Korea; and