The case concerned applications for international protection lodged at the Spanish Embassy in Greece by third country nationals under the relocation program. 

The Supreme Court analysed the question of the legal regime applicable to applications for international protection filed outside the national territory under Article 38 of Law 12/2009, regulating the right to asylum and subsidiary protection, and if it is applicable to them, and, in that case, how the provisions of the afore-mentioned precept, despite not having been object of regulatory development, specifying to which country the phrase "may your physical integrity be at risk," if it refers to the country of origin of applicants for international protection, or, on the contrary, to the country in which the request is submitted, and what is the legal consequence of the lack of response to the request submitted.

The Supreme Court clarifies that the right to apply for international protection is already recognised in the law. The lack of a specific regulation detailing such procedure at the embassies and consulates should not be an obstacle for the applicant's right to asylum. Additionally, the court ruled that the risk assessment for the physical integrity of the applicant, must be understood as referring to the situation of the application in the country of origin and that the lack of resolution by the administration is an act susceptible to challenge.