New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority
The New Zealand Refugee Status Appeals Authority (RSAA) is an independent body established to determine appeals from decisions of the Refugee Status Branch of the New Zealand Immigration Service declining refugee status. The RSAA was initially established in 1991 under the prerogative powers of the Executive (Cabinet) of the New Zealand Government. The RSAA was later given statutory basis pursuant to the Immigration Amendment Act 1999, which came into force on 1 October 1999. The RSAA ceased to exist on 29 November 2010, when it was replaced by the Immigration and Protection Tribunal. Website: www.nzrefugeeappeals.govt.nz/
- Abduction 1
- Arbitrary arrest and detention 6
- Burden of proof 1
- Chaldean 2
- Changes of circumstances in home country 3
- Christian 8
- Country of origin information (COI) 16
- Credibility assessment 5
- Effective protection 4
- Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 3
- Exclusion clauses 4
- False documents 1
- Family reunification 1
- Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 6
- Gender-based persecution 1
- Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) 5
- Kurd 2
- Mandate status 1
- Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 3
- Multiple nationality 1
- Non-state agents of persecution 13
- Passports 2
- Persecution based on political opinion 12
- Persecution of family members 1
- Political parties 1
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 2
- Proof of nationality 1
- Religious discrimination 1
- Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 14
- Residence permits / Residency 1
- Safe third country 3
- Security situation 1
- Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) 1
- Shia 2
- Social group persecution 2
- State protection 2
- Sunni 1
- Transgression of social / cultural norms 2
- Unlawful departure 2
- Women-at-risk 2
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