Blackstone Chambers

Wellington and Auckland, New Zealand

UN Cases and Reports

UN Cases under UNHRC, UNCAT and UNWGAD and Reports

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.



  • 10 September 2018
[2018] NZHC 2528; [2019] 2 NZLR 135
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
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Tony Ellis … admits he thrives on complex human rights battles for much-maligned folk: DEIDRE MUSSEN

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