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1. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - government reply to issues 5th report [pdf, 458 KB]

   UNITED NATIONS ADVANCE UNEDITED VERSION CCPR International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Distr. GENERAL CCPR/C/NZL/Q/5/Add.1 5 January 2010 Original: ENGLISH HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE 98 th session New York, 8 – 26 March REPLIES TO THE LIST OF ISSUES (CCPR/C/NZL/Q/5) TO BE TAKEN UP IN CONNECTION WITH THE CONSIDERATION OF THE FIFTH PERIODIC REPORT OF NEW ZEALAND (CCPR/C/NZL/5) * [24 December 2009]...

2. D-com-Website-Information-Large-Print [docx, 51 KB]

   [image: Logo Description automatically generated] [bookmark: _Hlk115989287]Human Rights Commission / Te Kāhui Tika Tangata Disability Rights Commissioner Expressions of interest are invited for the position of Disability Rights Commissioner under section 8 (1A)(a) of the Human Rights Act 1993. The Human Rights Commission is Aotearoa New Zealand’s national human rights institution. The Commission works with the Government and civil society to advocate and promote respect for human right...

3. Director of Human Rights Proceedings v Attorney-General (Application for Non-Publication Orders) [2017] NZHRRT 6 [pdf, 160 KB]

   ...PROHIBITING PUBLICATION OF NAME, ADDRESS, OCCUPATION AND IDENTIFYING PARTICULARS OF THE AGGRIEVED PERSON AND OF HIS STEP-DAUGHTER (2) ORDER PREVENTING SEARCH OF THE TRIBUNAL FILE WITHOUT LEAVE OF THE TRIBUNAL OR OF THE CHAIRPERSON IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2017] NZHRRT 6 Reference No. HRRT 091/2016 UNDER THE PRIVACY ACT 1993 BETWEEN DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RIGHTS PROCEEDINGS PLAINTIFF AND ATTORNEY-GENERAL DEFENDANT...

4. Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination – summary record 15th-17th reports (continued) [pdf, 66 KB]

   ...seventeenth periodic reports of New Zealand (CERD/C/NZL/17; HRI/CORE/NZL/2006) (continued) 1. At the invitation of the Chairperson, the members of the delegation of New Zealand resumed their places at the Committee table. 2. Mr. de BRES (New Zealand Human Rights Commission), speaking at the invitation of the Chairperson, said that it was the first time that the Commission had appeared in its own right before a United Nations treaty body. He was gratified that the Country Rapporteur had...

5. Fehling v Ministry of Health (Strike-Out of Second Defendant) [2016] NZHRRT 29 [pdf, 107 KB]

   1 IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2016] NZHRRT 29 Reference No. HRRT 016/2016 UNDER THE PRIVACY ACT 1993 BETWEEN FRIEDRICH JOACHIM FEHLING PLAINTIFF AND MINISTRY OF HEALTH FIRST DEFENDANT AND WEST COAST DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD SECOND DEFENDANT AT WELLINGTON – ON THE PAPERS BEFORE: Mr RPG Haines QC, Chairperson Dr SJ Hickey MNZM, Member Mr RK Musuku, Member REPRESENTATION: Mr FJ Fehling in person Ms N Bailey...

6. Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination – summary record 18th-20th reports [pdf, 148 KB]

   ...HRI/CORE/NZL/2010) 1. At the invitation of the Chairperson, the delegation of New Zealand took places at the Committee table. 2. Ms. Collins (New Zealand) said that hers was a multiracial, multicultural nation that prided itself on the promotion of human rights and equal treatment for all of its citizens. It was a young nation: ancestors of the indigenous Maori had arrived in New Zealand 1,000 years before and European settlers had started to settle there in the late eighteenth cent...

7. Tan v Ministry of Social Development (Strike-Out Application) [2020] NZHRRT 2 [pdf, 468 KB]

   Reference No. HRRT 059/2015 UNDER THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1993 BETWEEN KONG HWEE TAN PLAINTIFF AND THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE, MINISTRY OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT DEFENDANT AT WELLINGTON BEFORE: Ms SJ Eyre, Deputy Chairperson Dr SJ Hickey MNZM, Member Ms DL Hart, Member REPRESENTATION: Mr K H Tan in person Ms D Harris for Defendant DATE OF HEARING: On the papers DATE OF DECISION: 29 January 2020 DECISION OF TRIBUNAL STRIKING OUT CLAIM1 [1] Mr Tan recei...

8. UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples [pdf, 166 KB]

   ...1 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [without reference to a Main Committee (A/61/L.67 and Add.1)] 61/295. United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples The General Assembly, Taking note of the recommendation of the Human Rights Coun- cil contained in its resolution 1/2 of 29 June 2006,1 by which the Council adopted the text of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Recalling its resolution 61/178 of 20 December 2006, by which...

9. BORA Search and Surveillance Bill [pdf, 334 KB]

   ...by 14 years imprisonment or more Strong public interest in investigation of serious offences / likelihood of loss http://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/ArcAggregator/arcView/resource/IE25849450/http:/www.justice.govt.nz/policy/constitutional-law-and-human-rights/human-rights/bill-of-rights/search-and-surveillance-bill-1#10-see-for-example http://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/ArcAggregator/arcView/resource/IE25849450/http:/www.justice.govt.nz/policy/constitutional-law-and-human-rights/human-rights...

10. [2020] NZEmpC 32 Kocaturk v Zara’s Turkish Ltd [pdf, 351 KB]

    ...[8] In separate sections of the amended statement of claim, under headings C and E (both labelled “Breaches of Employment Standards”), Mr and Mrs Kocatürk pleaded that Zara’s Turkish breached the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, the Human Rights Act 1993 and the statutory duty of good faith. The common features of those pleadings are that they are not supported or explained by any particulars and do not seek remedies. Ms Sharma, who acts for Mr and Mrs Kocatürk, submit...