Case Law

20 July 2015 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Supreme Court | 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

4 June 2014 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Immigration and Protection Tribunal | Legal Instrument: 1951 Refugee Convention | Topic(s): Climate change (including environmental migrants) - Denial of refugee status | Countries: New Zealand - Tuvalu

25 June 2013 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Immigration and Protection Tribunal | Topic(s): Climate change (including environmental migrants) | Countries: Kiribati - New Zealand

10 December 2009 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Climate change (including environmental migrants) - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Livelihoods - Social group persecution | Countries: Australia - Kiribati

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18 January 2001 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Climate change (including environmental migrants) | Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

18 January 2001 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Climate change (including environmental migrants) | Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

17 August 2000 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Climate change (including environmental migrants) - Grounds for persecution - Social group persecution | Countries: New Zealand - Tuvalu