Case Law

30 June 2010 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Children-at-risk - Country of origin information (COI) - Internal armed conflict - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Right to education - Social group persecution - Tajik - Transgression of social / cultural norms | Countries: Afghanistan - New Zealand

20 April 2010 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Gender-based persecution - Social group persecution - Transgression of social / cultural norms - Women-at-risk | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - New Zealand

5 November 2009 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Blood feuds - Country of origin information (COI) - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Social group persecution - Tajik - Transgression of social / cultural norms | Countries: Afghanistan - New Zealand

23 July 2009 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims - Safe country of origin - State protection - Transgression of social / cultural norms | Countries: Malaysia - New Zealand

30 June 2009 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Effective protection - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Non-state agents of persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - State protection - Transgression of social / cultural norms | Countries: Iraq - New Zealand

14 January 2009 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Christian - Credibility assessment - Persecution based on political opinion - Prosecution vs persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Sur place persecution - Transgression of social / cultural norms | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - New Zealand

21 February 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Changes of circumstances in home country - Country of origin information (COI) - Mandate status - Non-state agents of persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Shia - Transgression of social / cultural norms | Countries: Iraq - New Zealand

19 November 2007 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Credibility assessment - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Housing, land and property rights (HLP) - Persecution based on political opinion - Transgression of social / cultural norms | Countries: Nepal - New Zealand

17 October 2007 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Deportation / Forcible return - Evangelical - Passports - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Sur place persecution - Transgression of social / cultural norms | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - New Zealand

25 September 2007 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Changes of circumstances in home country - Christian - Credibility assessment - Forced marriage - Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - SGBV - Transgression of social / cultural norms | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - New Zealand