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1. Report of the NZ Prostitution Law Committee 2008 [pdf, 642 KB]

   ...backgrounds, and perhaps differing agendas, it may have been difficult for any sense of cohesion and agreement to have emerged in our discussions. However, the basis for working collaboratively was established through concentrating our efforts on the human rights, welfare, occupational health and safety of sex workers, and the prohibition of the use of young persons in prostitution – that is, the ‘purpose’ of the Prostitution Reform Act 2003 (PRA). This collaboration was achieved...

2. Taylor v Corrections (No. 2) [2018] NZHRRT 43 [pdf, 323 KB]

   ...DECISION: 27 September 2018 DECISION OF TRIBUNAL1 INDEX INTRODUCTION [1] Delay [5] 1 [This decision is to be cited as Taylor v Corrections (No. 2) [2018] NZHRRT 43.] IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2018] NZHRRT 43 2 RULING ON ADMISSIBILITY THE CHALLENGE BY MR TAYLOR TO EVIDENCE TENDERED BY CORRECTIONS [9] General principles [11] Evidence in proceedings before the Tribunal [14] The relationship between...

3. Waxman v Pal (Costs) [2017] NZHRRT 3 [pdf, 162 KB]

   1 IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2017] NZHRRT 3 Reference No. HRRT 035/2015 UNDER THE PRIVACY ACT 1993 BETWEEN DEBORAH WAXMAN PLAINTIFF AND JITENDRA PAL DEFENDANT AT AUCKLAND BEFORE: Mr RPG Haines QC, Chairperson Ms LJ Alaeinia, Member Mr BK Neeson JP, Member REPRESENTATION: Dr D Waxman in person Dr J Pal in person DATE OF COSTS HEARING: Heard on the papers DATE OF DECISION ON APPLICATION FO...

4. Youngman v Waikato District Health Board (Strike-Out Application) [2017] NZHRRT 43 [pdf, 171 KB]

   1 IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2017] NZHRRT 43 Reference No. HRRT 066/2015 UNDER THE PRIVACY ACT 1993 BETWEEN KELVYN JAMES YOUNGMAN PLAINTIFF AND WAIKATO DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD DEFENDANT AT AUCKLAND BEFORE: Ms MA Roche, Co-Chairperson Ms LJ Alaeinia, Member Mr MJM Keefe JP, Member REPRESENTATION: Ms OJ Morgan for plaintiff Mr PM White for defendant DATE OF HEARING: Heard on the papers DATE OF DECISION:...

5. BORA Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Amendment Bill (No 2) [pdf, 306 KB]

   ...ACC purposes. POSSIBLE INCONSISTENCY WITH SECTION 19(1) OF THE BILL OF RIGHTS ACT 4. Section 19(1) of the Bill of Rights Act provides: "Everyone has the right to freedom from discrimination on the grounds of discrimination in the Human Rights Act 1993." 5. Section 21 of the Human Rights Act 1993 specifies the prohibited grounds of discrimination. These grounds include, inter alia, "disability", which includes but is not limited to psychiatric illness, int...

6. BORA Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement Amendment Bill [pdf, 187 KB]

   ...Section 14 – Freedom of expression 5. Section 14 of the Bill of Rights Act affirms that everyone has the right to freedom of expression. This right includes commercial, artistic and political expression and has been held to be “as wide as human thought and imagination”. 1 Two aspects of the Bill raise freedom of expression issues. Extending duration of copyright 6. Intellectual property law, such as the Copyright Act, limits freedom of expression. This is because the act...

7. Badillo-Lopez v Uber New Zealand (Strike-Out Application) [2019] NZHRRT 18 [pdf, 232 KB]

   ...the statement of claim that relate to Principles 1, 8 and 11 be struck out. 1 [This decision is to be cited as Badillo-Lopez v Uber New Zealand (Strike-Out Application) [2019] NZHRRT 18.] IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2019] NZHRRT 18 2 [2] The grounds on which either of the orders were sought include the following: [2.1] The Tribunal does not have jurisdiction to investigate the claim in respect of Principles 1, 8 and 11....

8. [2021] NZEmpC 1 QDA v EKD [pdf, 221 KB]

   ...challenge was being made in good faith and prejudice to the parties. Challenge rendered ineffectual? [15] QDA’s application was supported by two affidavits. One of them was by the head of its corporate services and the other by a member of its human resources department. In combination these affidavits gave an overview of EKD’s financial position as it was known to QDA although, of necessity, the information was limited. [16] What was known to QDA is that EKD had not obtai...

9. 07032025 Crimes Coward Punch Causing Injury or Death Amendment Bill [pdf, 302 KB]

   ...of Rights and 6 R v Vaillancourt (1987) 47 DLR (4th) 399 (SCC) (R v Vaillancourt) at [28] and [33]. 7 At [34] and [35]. 8 Subsection 213(d) of Criminal Code (R.S.C, 1985, c. C-46) “Homicide is murder where a person causes the death of a human being while committing or attempting to commit ... robbery ... whether or not the person means to cause death to any human being and whether or not he knows that death is likely to be caused to any human being, if ... he uses a weapon or ha...

10. Consistency with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990: Residential Tenancies (Registration of Boarding House Landlords) Amendment Bill [pdf, 229 KB]

    ...notice requiring that that information be produced to provide the information. Section 19 – Freedom from Discrimination 12. Section 19 of the Bill of Rights Act concerns the right to be free from discrimination, on the grounds set out in the Human Rights Act 1993 , which includes the ground of ‘age’. Under s 21 of the Human Rights Act, ‘age’ means any age commencing with the age of 16 years. 13. The key questions in assessing whether there is a limit on the freedom from...