Italian Supreme Court dismisses asylum claim where applicant failed to prove non-refoulement risk under Art. 3 ECHR.

The Corte di Cassazione dismissed the asylum application filed by the applicant, who alleged persecution in his home country. The applicant argued that returning to his nation would expose him to life-threatening conditions, while the state contended the risk was not sufficiently substantiated. The court ruled that the burden of proof remained on the applicant to demonstrate a well-founded fear of persecution, which he failed to meet.