Refugee and Protection Officer v CV and CW - [2017] 2 NZLR 585

Immigration — Refugee status — Consideration of likelihood of human right being breached causing serious harm — Whether, to avoid persecution, claimants had duty to be discreet in order to avoid harm from living openly as members of persecuted group — Immigration and Protection Tribunal dismissed appeals when claims for refugee status refused — High Court gave leave to appeal — Whether refugee status should have been granted — Whether High Court breached natural justice — Whether Court’s reformulation of claim was available — Whether Tribunal’s factual findings should have been accepted — Whether Court applied wrong test on appeal — Consideration of likelihood of persecution if returned to country of nationality — Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, art 1A.