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1. OIA Adoption Law Reform [pdf, 17 MB]

   ...next 12-24 months. Policy Project Description OSD Input Adoption Law Reform The Government is reviewing our adoption laws to create a new system that protects the rights, best interests, and welfare of children, and upholds our international human rights obligations. Provided this law reform project proceeds in the next parliamentary term, we will require OSD input into the impacts of law reform proposals in the family court within the next 12 months. Ngā mihi nui, nā El...

2. Director of Proceedings v Health New Zealand [2025] NZHRRT 1 [pdf, 495 KB]

   ...Act 1994 were filed on 30 October 2024. Prior to the filing of the proceedings the parties resolved all 1 This decision is to be cited as Director of Proceedings v Health New Zealand [2025] NZHRRT 1. Note publication restrictions. IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2025] NZHRRT 1 I TE TARAIPIUNARA MANA TANGATA 2 matters in issue and the Tribunal is asked to make a consent declaration. The parties have filed: [1.1] A statement of claim dated 30 October 2024. [1.2] A...

3. Director of Proceedings v Health New Zealand [2025] NZHRRT 10 [pdf, 566 KB]

   ...defendant DATE OF HEARING: Heard on the papers DATE OF DECISION: 6 March 2025 (REDACTED) DECISION OF TRIBUNAL1 1 This decision is to be cited as Director of Proceedings v Health New Zealand [2025] NZHRRT 10. Note publication restrictions. IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2025] NZHRRT 10 I TE TARAIPIUNARA MANA TANGATA 2 [1] These proceedings under the Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994 were filed on 2 December 2024. Prior to the filing of the proceedings t...

4. Proactive release - Prisoner Voting [pdf, 2 MB]

   ...10:16:34 s9(2)(g)(i) s9(2)(g)(i) RE LE AS ED B Y TH E MIN IS TE R OF JU ST IC E RE LE AS ED B Y TH E MIN IS TE R OF JU ST IC E 4 Impact on rehabilitation and reintegration 21. The Tribunal cited the submission of the Human Rights Commission that denying sentenced prisoners the right to vote loses an opportunity and means of teaching them about democratic and social values. 22. The Tribunal found that the disqualification is inconsistent with the p...

5. Restorative Justice: Best practice in New Zealand 2004 - 2017 [pdf, 428 KB]

   ...all parties and give ample opportunity for everyone present to speak their truth freely. On the other hand, as long as these values are honoured, there is room for a diversity of processes and a flexibility of practice. It is this emphasis on deep human values and virtues on the one hand, and flexibility of practice on the other, that affords restorative justice such cross- cultural utility. Different cultural and ethnic communities may employ different processes in order to actualise co...

6. Scope of inquiry Minute October 2021 [pdf, 314 KB]

   ...look into any underlying causes of death, including failures of systems or procedures at any level, but the investigation should remain an inquiry about the particular death. Deaths implicating State actors in arguable breaches of protected human rights [46] As noted earlier, where a coronial inquiry follows a Police investigation and criminal prosecution, a Coroner’s decision on scope will need to carefully factor the extent to which the cause and circumstances of death have b...

7. ENVC Hearing 6Oct14 AC evidence chief Mica Plowman [pdf, 9.5 MB]

   ...this conclusion in my peer review report. 23. Further, I understood that the marina and associated boat movements will not lead to an increase in coastal erosion in the bay, which has been the cause of the exposure of archaeological sites and human remains in the past, and presents a threat to their future condition. Maritime Heritage 24. The location of the remains of the MA Doran were not conclusively established as a result of the TDE archaeological assessment, however the...

8. Directory of Official Information 2019 S-U [pdf, 1.7 MB]

   ...Bureau, New Zealand Defence Force and New Zealand Police to facilitate their functions and co-operating with other agencies to respond to an imminent threat to life or safety. In exercising its functions, the NZSIS acts in accordance with the law and human rights obligations, independently and impartially, and in a manner that facilitates democratic oversight. Warrants The NZSIS is able to seek a range of authorisations from urgent to very urgent to Type 1 and Type 2 intelligence warr...

9. Morison v New Zealand Association of Counsellors [2024] NZHRRT 46 [pdf, 362 KB]

   ...to NZAC for a copy of all communications and documents sent to and from the counsellor in relation to her (Ms Morison’s) complaint. 1 This decision is to be cited as Morison v New Zealand Association of Counsellors [2024] NZHRRT 46. IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2024] NZHRRT 46 I TE TARAIPIUNARA MANA TANGATA REFERENCE NO. HRRT 028/2020 UNDER THE PRIVACY ACT 2020 BETWEEN BRIDGET MORISON PLAINTIFF AND NEW ZEALAND ASSOCIATION OF COUNSELLORS INCORPORATED DEFE...

10. BORA Armed Forces Law Reform Bill [pdf, 557 KB]

    ...understand that the Bill was considered by Cabinet on Monday, 19 February 2007 and approved for introduction. 2. The Bill seeks to reform the military justice system, which has not been substantially altered since 1983, to take account of developments in human rights law, both domestically (particularly through the enactment of the Bill of Rights Act) and internationally. This reform has resulted in proposed amendments to the Armed Forces Discipline Act 1971, the Courts Martial Appeals A...