Burden / standard of proof / Country of origin information (COI)

An application pursuant to s129L of the Immigration Act 1987 to cease to recognise a person as a refugee.

6 January 2009 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Cessation clauses - Country of origin information (COI) - Persecution based on political opinion - Political parties | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - New Zealand

16 December 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Non-state agents of persecution - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Roma | Countries: Czech Republic - New Zealand

15 December 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Indians - Non-state agents of persecution - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Social group persecution - Women-at-risk | Countries: New Zealand - Zimbabwe

8 December 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Ceasefire - Changes of circumstances in home country - Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Deportation / Forcible return - Internal armed conflict - Jurisdiction - Passports - Persecution based on political opinion - Rejected asylum-seekers - Tamil | Countries: New Zealand - Sri Lanka

1 December 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Domestic violence - Forced marriage - Gender discrimination - Issaq - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Single heads of household - Social group persecution - State protection | Countries: New Zealand

28 November 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Darod - Non-state agents of persecution - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Single heads of household - Social group persecution | Countries: New Zealand - Somalia

The appellant's first claim was declined by the Refugee Status Branch of the Department of Labour, and on appeal (the first appeal) by the Authority (differently constituted) -- see Refugee Appeal No. 76065.

26 November 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Arbitrary arrest and detention - Country of origin information (COI) - Falun Gong - Jurisdiction - Persecution of family members - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: China - New Zealand

This is an abridged version of the decision. Some particulars have been removed from or summarised in the decision pursuant to s 129T of the Immigration Act 1987. Where this has occurred, it is indicated by square brackets.

12 November 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Country of origin information (COI) - Disappeared persons - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Extrajudicial executions - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Persecution based on political opinion - Tamil | Countries: New Zealand - Sri Lanka

11 November 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Tamil | Countries: New Zealand - Sri Lanka

25 September 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Chin - Christian - Country of origin information (COI) - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Myanmar - New Zealand