Human rights / Right to family life

This is an appeal against a decision of a refugee and protection officer declining to grant refugee status or protected person status to the appellants who are a mother (the mother) and son (the son). The mother is a citizen of the Ukraine. She is also a Russian citizen. The son was born in New Zealand. There is some dispute concerning his nationality but, as will be seen below, the Tribunal finds him to be entitled to Ukrainian citizenship.

17 February 2020 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Immigration and Protection Tribunal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Citizenship / Nationality law - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - Right to family life | Countries: New Zealand - Ukraine

30 June 2016 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Legal Instrument: 1950 European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) | Topic(s): Right to family life | Countries: Italy - New Zealand

20 July 2015 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Supreme Court | Document type: Case Law | 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

22 May 2015 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Immigration and Protection Tribunal | Document type: Case Law | 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

6 August 2013 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Gang related violence - Non-state agents of persecution - Right to family life | Countries: Australia - New Zealand

1 March 2013 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Magistrates Court | Document type: Case Law | Countries: Australia - New Zealand

April 2012 | Publisher: Ireland: Refugee Documentation Centre | Document type: Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries

11 June 2010 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Persecution based on political opinion - Right to family life - Tamil | Countries: New Zealand - Sri Lanka

10 January 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Right to employment - Right to family life - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Women-at-risk | Countries: New Zealand

23 October 2007 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Right to family life | Countries: Czech Republic - New Zealand