Case Law

11 December 2003 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Country of origin information (COI) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Human rights and fundamental freedoms - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Passports - Persecution based on political opinion - Racial / Ethnic persecution | Countries: New Zealand - Sudan

31 October 2003 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Passports - Persecution based on political opinion - Right to family life - Tamil | Countries: Sri Lanka - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

30 September 2003 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Entry / Exit - Immigration law - Passports - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Cuba - New Zealand

1 July 2003 | Judicial Body: Costa Rica: Corte Suprema de Justicia | Topic(s): Immigration Detention - Passports | Countries: Costa Rica

26 August 1999 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Deportation / Forcible return - Exclusion clauses - Muslim - Passports - Persecution based on political opinion - Witnesses | Countries: Algeria - New Zealand

13 November 1997 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Forced marriage - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Muslim - Passports - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Polygamy - Transgression of social / cultural norms | Countries: Malaysia - New Zealand

10 November 1992 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Cessation clauses - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Passports - Sikh - Social group persecution - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: India - New Zealand

11 September 1992 | Judicial Body: Hong Kong: High Court | Topic(s): Passports - Statelessness - Statelessness - Withdrawal of nationality | Countries: Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China)