Case Law

28 July 2009 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Credibility assessment - Falun Gong - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Sur place persecution | Countries: China - New Zealand

24 July 2009 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - Country of origin information (COI) - Elections - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Persecution based on political opinion - Security situation - Unaccompanied / Separated children | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - New Zealand

26 June 2009 | 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 - Palestinian - Persecution based on political opinion - Racial / Ethnic persecution | Countries: New Zealand - Syrian Arab Republic

19 June 2009 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Persecution of family members | Countries: Angola - New Zealand

23 February 2009 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Airports - Arbitrary arrest and detention - Country of origin information (COI) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Internal armed conflict - Non-state agents of persecution - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Tamil | Countries: New Zealand - Sri Lanka

This is an abridged version of the decision. Some particulars have been removed from or summarised in the decision pursuant to s 129T of the Immigration Act 1987. Where this has occurred, it is indicated by square brackets.

12 November 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Country of origin information (COI) - Disappeared persons - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Extrajudicial executions - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Persecution based on political opinion - Tamil | Countries: New Zealand - Sri Lanka

16 September 2008 | 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 - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Persecution based on political opinion - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Rohingya (Arakanese) | Countries: Myanmar - New Zealand

11 September 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Cessation clauses - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Passports - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - New Zealand

24 June 2008 | 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 - Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - New Zealand

30 May 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Berber - Country of origin information (COI) - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Mental health - Persecution based on political opinion - Political groups - Sur place persecution | Countries: Algeria - New Zealand