I believe that in your national legislation you're trying to link two ideas that are not necessarily linked in the convention. We do support the efficacy of procedures. We do support the use of, for instance, safe country lists—or we don't contradict it. Many states have decided to create these lists, but they're used as a procedural tool to address a large group of people who have similar backgrounds, coming from places that are generally safe. It allows the decision-maker, or the assessor, to ask a much simpler line of questions, such as “why are you different from the vast majority of other people who come from your country of origin?”, as opposed to having to get into great detail in terms of background information and background questioning.
On May 25th, 2010. See this statement in context.