27 August 2010 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Supreme Court | Topic(s): Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - Crimes against humanity - Exclusion clauses - Serious non-political crime - Standard of proof - Tamil | Countries: New Zealand - Sri Lanka
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
11 May 2010 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Cessation clauses - Criminal justice - Exclusion clauses - Serious non-political crime | Countries: New Zealand - Somalia
X appeals against the High Courts refusal to grant judicial review (X & Y v. Refugee Status Appeals Authority, CIV-2006-404-4213) of the RSAA's decision in relation to him (Refugee Appeal Nos. 74796 & 74797, 74796 & 74797). The Attorney-General cross-appeals against the High Court's grant of judicial review to Y and its remittal of her case back to the RSAA for a reconsideration of her refugee status.
20 October 2009 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Court of Appeal | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Crimes against humanity - Exclusion clauses - Persecution based on political opinion - Serious non-political crime - Tamil | Countries: New Zealand - Sri Lanka
20 June 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Supreme Court | Topic(s): Confidentiality - Crimes against humanity - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Exclusion clauses - Extradition - Genocide - Prosecution vs persecution | Countries: New Zealand - Rwanda
Application for interim order that a determination not be made as to cancellation of the refugee status, pending judicial review.
30 March 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: High Court | Topic(s): Crimes against humanity - Criminal justice - Exclusion clauses - Genocide - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Countries: New Zealand - Rwanda
18 December 2007 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Christian - Country of origin information (COI) - Exclusion clauses - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Iraq - New Zealand
Application for judicial review of a decision of the RSAA: Refugee Appeal Nos. 74796 & 74797, 74796 & 74797 (19 April 2006). The judgment was subsequently appealed before the Court of Appeal: X v Refugee Status Appeals Authority [2009] NZCA 488 (20 October 2009).
17 December 2007 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: High Court | Topic(s): Burden of proof - Credibility assessment - Crimes against humanity - Criminal justice - Exclusion clauses - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness - Serious non-political crime - Standard of proof | Countries: New Zealand - Sri Lanka
4 December 2007 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Christian - Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Exclusion clauses - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Iraq - New Zealand
5 September 2007 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Court of Appeal | Topic(s): Crimes against humanity - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Exclusion clauses - Extradition - Prosecution vs persecution - War crimes | Countries: New Zealand - Rwanda