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New Zealand: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court is the New Zealand court of final appeal. The Court came into being on 1 January 2004 and replaces the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council for appeals from New Zealand. Website: www.courtsofnz.govt.nz/about/supreme/history
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Ioane Teitiota v. The Chief Executive of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

20 July 2015 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Supreme Court | Document type: Case Law | 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

The Attorney-General (Minister of Immigration) v. Tamil X and Anor

27 August 2010 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Supreme Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - Crimes against humanity - Exclusion clauses - Serious non-political crime - Standard of proof - Tamil | Countries: New Zealand - Sri Lanka

MA v. Attorney-General

30 March 2010 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Supreme Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Confidentiality - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Refugees | Countries: Afghanistan - New Zealand

Attorney-General v. X

20 June 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Supreme Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Confidentiality - Crimes against humanity - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Exclusion clauses - Extradition - Genocide - Prosecution vs persecution | Countries: New Zealand - Rwanda

Zanzoul v. R

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 | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - False documents - Passports | Countries: New Zealand - Syrian Arab Republic

Attorney-General v. Zaoui and Ors (Zaoui No. 2)

21 June 2005 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Supreme Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Complementary forms of protection - Convention against Torture (CAT) - Deportation / Forcible return - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) - Non-refoulement - Refugees - Right to life - Terrorism | Countries: Algeria - New Zealand

Zaoui v. Attorney-General

25 November 2004 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Supreme Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Bail - Deportation / Forcible return - Habeas corpus - Immigration Detention - Refugees - Terrorism | Countries: Algeria - New Zealand

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