26 Nov 2013
TEITIOTA v THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE MINISTRY OF BUSINESS INNOVATION AND EMPLOYMENT [2013] NZHC 3125
- Citation
- [2013] NZHC 3125
- Court
- High Court
Climate change driven environmental harm, being indiscriminate and not persecutory on a Convention ground, does not fall within Article 1A(2) of the Refugee Convention; the Tribunal applied correct legal principles and made no error of law, so leave to appeal is refused and the Tribunal decision is confirmed.