1. The plaintiff's claim is dismissed.

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

1. Details of the disposition;

A. On March 3, 2016, the Plaintiff entered the Republic of Korea with a short-term visit (C-3) status on March 3, 2016, and applied for refugee status to the Defendant on March 4, 2016.

B. On August 17, 2016, the Defendant issued a disposition to recognize refugee status (hereinafter “instant disposition”) on the ground that the Plaintiff cannot be deemed as having “a well-founded fear that the Plaintiff 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 August 23, 2016, but the Minister of Justice dismissed the Plaintiff’s objection on April 21, 2017.

[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 mistaken for the same-sex, and is threatened by the same-sex residents.

Therefore, it should be deemed that there is a risk of persecution in the event that the Plaintiff returned to the Senegal, and the instant disposition that the Plaintiff did not recognize 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 being injured on the grounds of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion, are unable to be protected by the country of nationality or who, owing to such fear, or who, owing to such fear, cannot return to the country of nationality or who had resided in the Republic of Korea before entering the Republic of Korea, or who did not want to return to the country of nationality, shall be recognized as a refugee, and “persecution,” which is the requirement for recognition of a refugee, includes threats to life, body or freedom.