This essay examines how the principle of non-refoulement is upheld within the international asylum law compared to the Common European Asylum System (CEAS) and more precisely the Procedures Directive. By a examination on the position of the principle of non-refoulement in international asylum law and its possible status as jus cogens, I have thereafter analysed in what extent the principle is being upheld within the Procedures Directive. Through an assessment of different provisions in the Procedures Directive and by investigating the rights within the asylum process I have concluded that the principle of non-refoulement is not completely respected in the Procedures Directive. Limited rights during the asylum process and provisions on for example “safe countries” risk to result in refoulement for the individual asylum-seeker.