Case Law

14 June 2010 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Effective protection - Exclusion clauses - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Political parties - Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - State protection | Countries: Iraq - New Zealand

21 April 2010 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members - Security situation | Countries: Iraq - New Zealand

15 March 2010 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Chaldean - Christian - Effective protection - Gender-based persecution - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Social group persecution - Women-at-risk | Countries: Iraq - New Zealand

21 January 2010 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Kurd - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Iraq - New Zealand

17 September 2009 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Chaldean - Country of origin information (COI) - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Residence permits / Residency - Safe third country - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Women-at-risk | Countries: Iraq - New Zealand

30 June 2009 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Effective protection - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Non-state agents of persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - State protection - Transgression of social / cultural norms | Countries: Iraq - New Zealand

21 February 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Changes of circumstances in home country - Country of origin information (COI) - Mandate status - Non-state agents of persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Shia - Transgression of social / cultural norms | Countries: Iraq - New Zealand

18 February 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Effective protection - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Shia | Countries: Iraq - New Zealand

21 November 2006 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Abduction - Country of origin information (COI) - Exclusion clauses - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Sunni | Countries: Iraq - New Zealand

5 November 2004 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Christian - Country of origin information (COI) - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Iraq - New Zealand