Case Law

29 June 2015 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Immigration and Protection Tribunal | Topic(s): 1951 Refugee Convention - Convention against Torture (CAT) - Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Generalized violence - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) - Non-state agents of persecution - Physical harm - Roma - Threats / Intimidation - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Czech Republic - New Zealand - Slovakia

25 June 2015 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Immigration and Protection Tribunal | Topic(s): 1951 Refugee Convention - Acts of persecution - Convention against Torture (CAT) - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: New Zealand - Ukraine

25 June 2015 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Immigration and Protection Tribunal | Topic(s): 1951 Refugee Convention - Acts of persecution - Appeal / Right to appeal - Convention against Torture (CAT) - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Persecution based on political opinion - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: New Zealand - Ukraine

28 May 2015 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Immigration and Protection Tribunal | Topic(s): 1951 Refugee Convention - Abduction - Arbitrary arrest and detention - Convention against Torture (CAT) - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) - Threats / Intimidation - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: New Zealand - Sri Lanka

25 May 2015 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Immigration and Protection Tribunal | Topic(s): 1951 Refugee Convention - Convention against Torture (CAT) - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Refugee / Asylum law - Threats / Intimidation - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: China - New Zealand

22 May 2015 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Immigration and Protection Tribunal | Topic(s): 1951 Refugee Convention - Convention against Torture (CAT) - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) - Right to family life - Threats / Intimidation - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: China - New Zealand

1 May 2015 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Immigration and Protection Tribunal | Topic(s): 1951 Refugee Convention - Arbitrary arrest and detention - Convention against Torture (CAT) - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) - Persecution based on political opinion - Threats / Intimidation - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: New Zealand - Sri Lanka

29 April 2015 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Immigration and Protection Tribunal | Topic(s): 1951 Refugee Convention - Convention against Torture (CAT) - Freedom of religion - Generalized violence - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) - Minority rights - Religious discrimination - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Social group persecution - Well-founded fear of persecution - Women-at-risk | Countries: New Zealand - Pakistan

28 April 2015 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Immigration and Protection Tribunal | Topic(s): 1951 Refugee Convention - Convention against Torture (CAT) - Freedom of religion - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) - Persecution based on political opinion - Political asylum - Political parties - Social group discrimination - Well-founded fear of persecution - Women's rights | Countries: New Zealand - Turkey

21 April 2015 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Immigration and Protection Tribunal | Topic(s): 1951 Refugee Convention - Convention against Torture (CAT) - Forced marriage - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) - Refugee / Asylum law - Threats / Intimidation - Widowed persons | Countries: Malawi - New Zealand