Case Law

30 May 2007 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Mandate status - Passports - Standard of proof | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - New Zealand

23 May 2007 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Christian - Muslim - Passports - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - Uzbekistan

16 May 2007 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Ahmadis - Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Passports - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: New Zealand - Pakistan

11 May 2007 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Magistrates Court | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Independence of judiciary - Non-state agents of persecution - Passports - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Australia - Nepal

2 May 2007 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Court | Topic(s): Christian - Credibility assessment - Passports - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Australia - China

Application for judicial review.

26 April 2007 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Magistrates Court | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Passports - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Australia - Nepal

Application for judicial review.

20 April 2007 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Magistrates Court | Topic(s): False documents - Passports - Persecution based on political opinion - Travel documents | Countries: Australia - China

15 March 2007 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Passports - Persecution based on political opinion - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - New Zealand

This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 § 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision.

22 February 2007 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Housing, land and property rights (HLP) - Passports - Proof of nationality - Registration - Rights of non-citizens - Statelessness - Statelessness | Countries: Georgia - Russian Federation

A subsequent application for leave to appeal before the Supreme Court of New Zealand was dismissed: [2008] NZSC 44.

6 December 2006 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Court of Appeal | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - False documents - Passports - Rejected asylum-seekers | Countries: New Zealand - Syrian Arab Republic