Case Law

20 July 2015 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Supreme Court | Topic(s): 1951 Refugee Convention - Appeal / Right to appeal - Climate change (including environmental migrants) - Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - Denial of refugee status - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) - Jurisdiction - Livelihoods - Refugee / Asylum law - Right to family life | Countries: Kiribati - New Zealand

25 June 2015 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Immigration and Protection Tribunal | Topic(s): 1951 Refugee Convention - Acts of persecution - Appeal / Right to appeal - Convention against Torture (CAT) - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Persecution based on political opinion - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: New Zealand - Ukraine

30 September 2011 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Immigration and Protection Tribunal | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal | Countries: Nepal - New Zealand

22 March 2011 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Immigration and Protection Tribunal | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Indians - Jurisdiction - Racial / Ethnic persecution | Countries: Fiji - New Zealand

22 March 2011 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Immigration and Protection Tribunal | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Indians - Jurisdiction - Racial / Ethnic persecution | Countries: Fiji - New Zealand

28 November 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Christian - Jurisdiction - Non-state agents of persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Single heads of household | Countries: New Zealand - Nigeria

The appellant's first claim was declined by the Refugee Status Branch of the Department of Labour, and on appeal (the first appeal) by the Authority (differently constituted) -- see Refugee Appeal No. 76065.

26 November 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Arbitrary arrest and detention - Country of origin information (COI) - Falun Gong - Jurisdiction - Persecution of family members - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: China - New Zealand

The hearing of the appeal was deferred pending the delivery of judgment in Ye v Minister of Immigration [2008] NZCA 291.

19 September 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Court of Appeal | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Children's rights - Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - Deportation / Forcible return - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) - One-child policy / Family planning - Rejected asylum-seekers - Suspensive effect | Countries: China - New Zealand

27 June 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Christian - Country of origin information (COI) - Gender-based persecution - Non-state agents of persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Witnesses | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - New Zealand

Application for permission to appeal from the New Zealand Court of Appeal: CA297/06 (6 December 2006).

10 June 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Supreme Court | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - False documents - Passports | Countries: New Zealand - Syrian Arab Republic