TRR v A Refugee and Protection Officer

COURT OR TRIBUNAL

High Court of New Zealand

DATE FILED (OR FIRST HEARING DATE)

22/02/2016

LITIGATION TYPE

Constitutional and Human Rights / State Accountability

SUBJECT MATTER

Human rights and refugee claims

REVIEW TYPE

Judicial review

SUMMARY

(Linxplus case summary from Lexis)

IMMIGRATION & REFUGEE LAW - unsuccessful application for leave to bring a further appeal to HC - claim for refugee status has been rejected - appeal to the Immigration Protection Tribunal was unsuccessful - question of law relates to whether breaches of some human rights remain a basis for refugee status when subsequent climate change has become a dominant cause of the same breach

HELD: resolution of the question would not affect the underlying determination - no question of law identified in relation to the conclusion that TRR's fear of being unable to find work did not amount to a well-founded fear of persecution - application for leave refused

CASE DOCUMENTS

TRR v A Refugee and Protection Officer [2016] NZHC 233