Case Law

30 June 2005 | 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 - Persecution based on nationality - Persecution based on political opinion - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - Social group persecution - Statelessness | Countries: New Zealand - Saudi Arabia

26 May 2005 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Country of origin information (COI) - Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Economic, social and cultural rights - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - Social group persecution - Statelessness - Statelessness | Countries: Jordan - New Zealand

24 January 2005 | 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 - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members - Proof of nationality - Social group persecution - Unlawful departure | Countries: Congo, Democratic Republic of the - New Zealand

9 November 2004 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Social group persecution | Countries: New Zealand

6 October 2004 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Abduction - Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - Country of origin information (COI) - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members - Social group persecution | Countries: Colombia - New Zealand

1 September 2004 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Persecution based on nationality - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - Social group persecution - Statelessness - Statelessness | Countries: Kuwait - New Zealand

Appeal against the decision of a refugee status officer given on 9 May 2003 declining the grant of refugee status to the appellant, a twenty-five-year-old citizen of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

7 July 2004 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Social group persecution - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - New Zealand

11 February 2004 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Domestic violence - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Social group persecution - State protection | Countries: New Zealand - South Africa

22 January 2004 | 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 - Persecution based on political opinion - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Social group persecution - Unlawful departure | Countries: Iraq - New Zealand

28 October 2003 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Christian - Country of origin information (COI) - Ibo - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Social group persecution - Unlawful departure | Countries: New Zealand - Nigeria