Case Law

18 September 2008 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Human rights activists - Passports - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Australia - Korea, Republic of

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

An application pursuant to s129L of the Immigration Act 1987 to cease to recognise a person as a refugee.

29 August 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Cessation clauses - Chechen - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - False documents - Internally displaced persons (IDPs) - Passports - Racial / Ethnic persecution | Countries: New Zealand

13 August 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Court of Appeal | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Immigration Detention - Passports - Rejected asylum-seekers | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - New Zealand

12 August 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Catholic - Cessation clauses - Christian - Passports - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - New Zealand

25 July 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Passports - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members - Re-entry | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - New Zealand

This is an abridged version of the decision. Some particulars have been removed from or summarised in the decision pursuant to s129T of the [New Zealand] Immigration Act 1987. Where this has occurred, it is indicated by square brackets.

30 June 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Country of origin information (COI) - Kurd - Passports - Persecution based on political opinion - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Unlawful departure | Countries: New Zealand - Syrian Arab Republic

16 June 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims - Passports - Persecution based on political opinion - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - Statelessness - Statelessness - Sur place persecution | Countries: New Zealand - Uganda - United Arab Emirates

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

28 May 2008 | 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 - Kurd - Passports - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - New Zealand