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...to take no further action with regard to her complaints about LQ on the basis that “in all the circumstances of the complaint, it appears to the Committee that further action would be unnecessary on inappropriate”.1 Background [2] In September 2017 KW was arrested when entering Country A, and charged with importation and possession of controlled drugs. KW’s family were unaware of this and became concerned as they had not heard from her.
...other nations replicate and build on our lead. Our practitioners want to answer the call to do better for our young people and our communities. The Jesuit proverb, ‘Give me the child until he is seven… and I’ll show you the man,’ best exemplifies current thinking with respect to youth justice. Our youth justice system embraces an interventionist policy, which seeks to understand risk factors and protective factors, and shapes our response to youth offending around these. It...
...- 151 36 Article 9 ................................................................................................ 152 - 195 36 Preventive Detention ....................................................................... 152 - 166 36 Bail Act 2000 ................................................................................... 167 - 173 39 Home Detention ............................................................................... 174 - 184 40 Community Detenti...
...have been initiatives put in place to slow down the increase in remand time. This includes: • increased judicial capacity to help with the increased workload in the High Court and District Court • The High Impact Innovation Programme’s Bail Support Services which promotes making timely proposals for people to achieve bail. It was initially trialled in a few large courts between 2018 and 2020. The national rollout began in mid-2020 and is still underway. These initiatives h...
...in New Zealand II Final Report October 2022 Research New Zealand 2 Long-term Insights Briefing The Future of Imprisonment in New Zealand II PREPARED FOR Rebecca Lancashire Ministry of Justice PREPARED BY Emanuel Kalafatelis, Annita Wood and Jane Falloon CONTACT DETAILS Emanuel Kalafatelis Research New Zealand Phone 04 499 3088 www.researchnz.com PROJECT NUMBER #5304 Research New Zealand...
...children and young people with serious and/or persistent offending behaviour, including possible legislative changes. Relation to government priorities 2 The options canvassed in this paper support the Government’s focus on building a justice system that results in less offending and fewer victims of crime, while ensuring victims are better supported. 3 Some of the proposals also support the Government’s key priority of child wellbeing, which includes a focus on providing better supp...
...District Courts. It was then expanded to include 8 District Courts around the country. The pilot is a judicially-led initiative to keep victims safe by ensuring judges have relevant, timely and consistent information to assess risk when determining bail applications. Judges get an information pack for all family violence bail applications before the hearing. The pack includes the Family Violence Summary Report, a summary of facts, the defendant’s previous criminal history and...
...and access issues within the formal justice process We heard that inconsistencies are experienced in different parts of formal justice processes, especially in relation to sentencing, accessing adequate legal representation and the administration of bail and remand. We heard these issues have a particular impact on rural communities and their ability to access justice, as well as on Māori, others who lack material resources and minority groups. Inconsistent and culturally uninformed se...
...case law and the services of defence counsel, it was suggested that lawyers could represent the interests of victims in court where they have established rights, for example, the right to make a victim impact statement or have their views heard on bail or parole. A lawyer for the victim should be appointed: • that is funded by the Ministry of Justice • for everyone but especially for those of specified serious offences • like ‘Lawyer for Child’ in the Family Court • to pro...
The Ministry of Justice provides a range of advice to our Ministers on topics relevant to our work programme, Ministerial priorities and around ongoing legislation. This page provides a list of advice that has been sent. Items below are listed from newest to oldest. Please note that this is not a complete list, items may have been withheld, the most common grounds for withholding this information are under the following sections of the Official Information Act. Section 9 (2)(f)(iv) - main