Burden / standard of proof / Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports)

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

4 September 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Document type: Case Law | 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

6 June 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - Tamil | Countries: New Zealand - Sri Lanka

17 January 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Gender-based persecution - Passports - Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - Tamil - Women-at-risk | Countries: New Zealand - Sri Lanka

29 August 2007 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Agents of persecution - Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Muslim - Persecution based on political opinion - Rejected asylum-seekers - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Tamil | Countries: New Zealand - Sri Lanka

26 June 2007 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Mental health - Persecution based on political opinion - Tamil - Witnesses | Countries: New Zealand - Sri Lanka

26 June 2007 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - Tamil | Countries: New Zealand - Sri Lanka

30 April 2007 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Ceasefire - Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Tamil | Countries: New Zealand - Sri Lanka

20 July 2004 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Country of origin information (COI) - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Mental health - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Tamil | Countries: New Zealand - Sri Lanka