Case Law

11 November 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | 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

16 October 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Christian - Dalit - Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: India - New Zealand

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

16 September 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Country of origin information (COI) - Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Persecution based on political opinion - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Rohingya (Arakanese) | Countries: Myanmar - New Zealand

4 September 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Tamil - Women-at-risk | Countries: New Zealand - Sri Lanka

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

29 August 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Cessation clauses - Chechen - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - False documents - Internally displaced persons (IDPs) - Passports - Racial / Ethnic persecution | Countries: New Zealand

27 August 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Persecution based on political opinion - Racial / Ethnic persecution | Countries: New Zealand - Ukraine

7 August 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Extradition - Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Persecution based on political opinion - Racial / Ethnic persecution | Countries: Australia - Chad

30 June 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Racial / Ethnic persecution | Countries: Chad - New Zealand

This is an abridged version of the decision. Some particulars have been removed from or summarised in the decision pursuant to s129T of the [New Zealand] Immigration Act 1987. Where this has occurred, it is indicated by square brackets.

30 June 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Country of origin information (COI) - Kurd - Passports - Persecution based on political opinion - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Unlawful departure | Countries: New Zealand - Syrian Arab Republic