Case Law

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

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

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

3 November 2003 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Family reunification - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Safe third country | Countries: Iraq - New Zealand

15 October 2003 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Persecution based on political opinion - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Iraq - New Zealand