Joined Cases C-608/22 and C-609/22, Bundesamt für Fremdenwesen und Asyl and Others (Afghan women): Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 4 October 2024 (requests for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof – Austria) – AH (C-608/22), FN (C-609/22) v Bundesamt für Fremdenwesen und Asyl (References for a preliminary ruling – Area of freedom, security and justice – Common asylum policy – Directive 2011/95/EU – Conditions that must be fulfilled by third-country nationals in order to be granted refugee status – Article 2(d) and (e) – Concept of act of persecution – Level of seriousness required – Article 9 – Sufficiently severe accumulation of measures that discriminate against women – Article 9(1)(b) – Types of acts of persecution – Article 9(2) – Assessment of applications for international protection – Article 4(3) – Obligation to carry out an individual assessment – Scope)