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UN Cases and Reports

Tony is the only New Zealand lawyer with a regular UN Human Rights Committee practice. Cases can not be taken to the UNHRC until all domestic remedies have been exhausted ie all appeals including leave to appeal to the Supreme Court.

Tony to date has the only three successful cases to the UNHRC since they were able to be lodged in 1989 and one successful case to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention and one successful case to the UN Committee Against Torture.


Kim v Minister of Justice
Court of Appeal 3 Judges 
  • 11 June 2019
  • [2019] NZCA 209; [2019] 3 NZLR 173
Chief Executive of Social Development v L
High Court Wellington 
  • 10 September 2018
  • [2018] NZHC 2528; [2019] 2 NZLR 135
Pitcairn Privy Council
Appeals to Privy Council 
  • 30 July 2018
  • JCPC 13/17 Pitcairn
Miller & Carroll v New Zealand
United Nations Human Rights Committee 
  • 12 April 2018
  • CCPR 2502/2014
Attorney-General v Smith
Court of Appeal 3 Judges 
  • 1 March 2018
  • [2018] NZCA 24; [2018] 2 NZLR 899
Vogel v New Zealand
United Nations Committee Against Torture 
  • 11 December 2017
  • CAT/C/62/D/672/2015
S v Attorney-General
High Court Wellington 
  • 30 October 2017
  • [2017] NZHC 2629
Kim v Minister of Justice No 3
High Court Wellington 
  • 31 August 2017
  • [2017] NZHC 2109, [2017] 3 NZLR 823
Chisnall v Department of Corrections
Supreme Court 
  • 1 August 2017
  • [2017] NZSC 114, [2018] 1 NZLR 83
Z v Z
Court of Appeal 3 Judges 
  • 29 March 2017
  • [2017] NZCA 94; [2017] NZAR 660; 23 PRNZ 634
Diplomatic Assurances
United Nations Committee Against Torture 
  • 24 March 2017
  • General Comment No. 4 (2017) on the implementation of article 3 of the Convention in the context of article 22
Kim v Attorney-General
High Court Wellington 
  • 21 September 2016
  • [2016] NZHC 2235
Kim v Minister of Justice
High Court Wellington 
  • 1 July 2016
  • NZHC 1490 and [2016] NZHC 1491, [2016] 3 NZLR 425
Siemer v Attorney-General (SC)
Supreme Court 
  • 21 June 2016
  • [2016] NZSC 75, [2016] NZAR 765
United Nations Human Rights Committee 2016
6th Periodic Report of New Zealand 
  • 14 March 2016
  • Shadow Report
Siemer v Attorney-General (CA)
Court of Appeal 3 Judges 
  • 04 March 2016
  • [2016] NZCA 43, [2016] NZAR 411
A v. New Zealand
United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention 
  • 5 August 2015
  • A/HRC/WGAD/2015/21
United Nations Committee Against Torture 2015
6th Periodic Report of New Zealand 
  • 06 May 2015
  • Shadow Report
Marteley v The Legal Services Commissioner
Supreme Court 
  • 5 May 2015
  • [2015] NZSC 127, [2016] 1 NZLR 633

Dean v New Zealand
United Nations Human Rights Committee 
  • 17 March 2009
  • CCPR/C/95/D/1512/2006
E.B. v New Zealand
United Nations Human Rights Committee 
  • 16 March 2007
  • CCPR/C/89/D/1368/2005
Rameka v New Zealand
United Nations Human Rights Committee 
  • 6 November 2003
  • (2003) 7 HRNZ 663 CCPR/C/79/D/1090/2002
Legal Services Commissioner v Marteley
Court of Appeal 3 Judges 
  • 19 May 2014
  • [2014] NZCA 185, [2014] 3 NZLR 143
United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
Mission to New Zealand 2014 
  • 26 March 2014
  • A/HRC/30/36/Add.2
Lawler v R
Court of Appeal 3 Judges 
  • 17 July 2013
  • [2013] NZCA 308
Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT)
Visit to New Zealand 
  • 29 April 2013
  • CAT/OP/NZL/1
S S T v NZ Police
Supreme Court 
  • 26 February 2013
  • [2013] NZSC 4; [2013] 2 NZLR 478
Isherwood v New Zealand
United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention 
  • 7 September 2016
  • A/HRC/WGAD/2016/32
Taito v New Zealand
United Nations Human Rights Committee 
  • 7 September 2015
  • CCPR/C/114/D/1909/2009
O.K. v Latvia
United Nations Human Rights Committee 
  • 19 March 2014
  • CCPR/C/110/D/1935/2010
R v RKJ
Court of Appeal 3 Judges 
  • 20 December 2012
  • [2012] NZCA 608
Togia v NZ Police
Court of Appeal 3 Judges 
  • 23 November 2012
  • [2012] NZCA 544
J.S. v New Zealand
United Nations Human Rights Committee 
  • 26 March 2012
  • CCPR/C/104/D/1752/2008
SR v R
Court of Appeal 3 Judges 
  • 25 August 2011
  • [2011] NZCA 409; [2011] 3 NZLR 638
Ruka v R
Court of Appeal 3 Judges 
  • 23 August 2011
  • [2011] NZCA 404; (2011) 25 CRNZ 768
Jessop. v New Zealand
United Nations Human Rights Committee 
  • 29 March 2011
  • CCPR/C/101/D/1758/2008
R v M
Court of Appeal 3 Judges 
  • 15 September 2009
  • [2009] NZCA 560
United Nations Human Rights Committee 2010
5th Periodic Report of New Zealand 
  • 15 June 2009
  • Shadow Report
United Nations Committee Against Torture 2009
5th Periodic Report of New Zealand 
  • 14 May 2009
  • Shadow Report
Van der Platt v New Zealand
United Nations Human Rights Committee 
  • 22 July 2008
  • CCPR/C/93/D/1492/2006
Manuel v New Zealand
United Nations Human Rights Committee 
  • 18 October 2007
  • CCPR/C/91/D/1385/2005
Taunoa v Attorney-General
Supreme Court 
  • 31 August 2007
  • [2007] NZSC 70, [2007] 5 LRC 680; [2008] 1 NZLR 429; (2007) 9 HRNZ 104
T v Regional Intellectual Disability Care Agency
Court of Appeal 3 Judges 
  • 28 May 2007
  • [2007] NZCA 208; [2007] NZAR 643; (2007) 26 FRNZ 244
Beggs v Attorney-General and Police v Beggs
Court of Appeal 5 Judges and High Court Wellington 
  • 15 August 2002 and 27 July 2006 and 16 June 1999
  • [2002] NZCA 204; (2002) 7 HRNZ 95; [2002] NZAR 917 and [2006] NZHC 871; (2006) 18 PRNZ 214; 2 NZLR 129 and (1999) 8 BHRC 116; [2000] 4 LRC 1; [1999] 3 NZLR 615; (1999) 5 HRNZ 108; (1999) 16 CRNZ 654
R v Smith
Court of Appeal 3 Judges 
  • 19 December 2002
  • [2002] NZCA 335, [2003] 3 NZLR 617, (2002) 20 CRNZ 124
Taito v R
New Zealand Appeals to the Privy Council 
  • 19 March 2002
  • [2002] NZPC 4; [2002] UKPC 15; [2003] 3 NZLR 577; (2002) 19 CRNZ 224; (2002) 6 HRNZ 539
Moonen v Film and Literature Board of Review Nos 1 & 2
Court of Appeal 5 Judges 
  • 16 April 2002 and 17 December 1999
  • [2002] NZCA 69, [2002] 2 NZLR 754, (2002) 6 HRNZ 623 and [1999] NZCA 329, [2000] 2 NZLR 9, (1999) 17 CRNZ 159, (1999) 5 HRNZ 224
Everitt v Attorney-General
Court of Appeal 5 Judges 
  • 26 July 2001
  • [2002] 1 NZLR 82
Jefferies v R
Court of Appeal 3 Judges 
  • 22 July 1999
  • [1999] NZCA 119; [1999] 3 NZLR 211; (1999) 17 CRNZ 128

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