Adjudication of asylum claims (refugee status determination / asylum procedures) / Social group persecution

30 June 2010 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Children-at-risk - Country of origin information (COI) - Internal armed conflict - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Right to education - Social group persecution - Tajik - Transgression of social / cultural norms | Countries: Afghanistan - New Zealand

5 November 2009 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Blood feuds - Country of origin information (COI) - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Social group persecution - Tajik - Transgression of social / cultural norms | Countries: Afghanistan - New Zealand

This is an abridged version of the decision. Some particulars have been removed from or summarised in the decision pursuant to s129T of the Immigration Act 1987. Where this has occurred, it is indicated by square brackets.

12 August 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Pashtun - Persecution of family members - Security situation - Social group persecution | Countries: Afghanistan - New Zealand

28 May 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Cessation clauses - Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Non-state agents of persecution - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Shia - Social group persecution - Tajik - Women-at-risk | Countries: Afghanistan - New Zealand