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 September 7, 2015, the Plaintiff entered the Republic of Korea with a short-term visit (C-3) sojourn status on September 7, 2015, and applied for refugee status to the Defendant on September 11, 2015.

B. On December 28, 2015, the Defendant issued 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 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 January 19, 2016, but the Minister of Justice dismissed the Plaintiff’s objection on September 9, 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 that the Plaintiff is a senior to the deceased, and is forced to succeed to the status of the sublime of the deceased.

Therefore, if the plaintiff returned to Ghana, 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 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 country of nationality before entering the Republic of Korea, or who did not want to return to the country of nationality, should be recognized as a refugee, and “persecution” which is the requirement for recognition of a refugee is life, body, or freedom.