Case Law

7 August 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Court of Appeal | Topic(s): Children's rights - Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - Deportation / Forcible return - One-child policy / Family planning | Countries: China - New Zealand

5 September 2007 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Court of Appeal | Topic(s): Crimes against humanity - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Exclusion clauses - Extradition - Prosecution vs persecution - War crimes | Countries: New Zealand - Rwanda

A subsequent application for leave to appeal before the Supreme Court of New Zealand was dismissed: [2008] NZSC 44.

6 December 2006 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Court of Appeal | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - False documents - Passports - Rejected asylum-seekers | Countries: New Zealand - Syrian Arab Republic

30 September 2004 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Court of Appeal | Topic(s): Expulsion - Non-refoulement - Refoulement - Refugees - Terrorism | Countries: Algeria - New Zealand

17 September 2004 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Court of Appeal | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Asylum-seekers - Bail - Deportation / Forcible return - Habeas corpus - Immigration Detention - Right to liberty and security | Countries: Algeria - New Zealand

21 July 2003; 31 July 2003.

31 July 2003 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Court of Appeal | Topic(s): Benefit of the doubt - Burden of proof - Country of origin information (COI) - Standard of proof | Countries: China - New Zealand