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.



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
Court of Appeal 3 Judges 
  • 11 June 2019
[2019] NZCA 209; [2019] 3 NZLR 173
Kim v Minister of Justice
High Court Wellington 
  • 1 July 2016
NZHC 1490 and [2016] NZHC 1491, [2016] 3 NZLR 425
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Tony Ellis … admits he thrives on complex human rights battles for much-maligned folk: DEIDRE MUSSEN

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