Case Law

17 March 2010 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Changes of circumstances in home country - Country of origin information (COI) - Mental health - Muslim - Persecution based on political opinion - Tamil | Countries: New Zealand - Sri Lanka

31 August 2009 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Muslim - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: New Zealand - Pakistan

31 March 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Abduction - Country of origin information (COI) - Muslim - Non-state agents of persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Tamil | Countries: New Zealand - Sri Lanka

21 February 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Muslim - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - State protection | Countries: New Zealand - Sri Lanka

12 November 2007 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Muslim - Persecution based on political opinion - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Tamil | Countries: New Zealand - Sri Lanka

29 August 2007 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Agents of persecution - Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Muslim - Persecution based on political opinion - Rejected asylum-seekers - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Tamil | Countries: New Zealand - Sri Lanka

30 November 2005 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Catholic - Civil and political rights - Country of origin information (COI) - Family law - Freedom of religion - Muslim - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Sharia law | Countries: Malaysia - New Zealand

26 August 1999 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Deportation / Forcible return - Exclusion clauses - Muslim - Passports - Persecution based on political opinion - Witnesses | Countries: Algeria - New Zealand

22 January 1998 | 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 - Muslim - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Algeria - New Zealand

13 November 1997 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Muslim - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Sharia law | Countries: Malaysia - New Zealand