Spotlight on abortion (and where New Zealand fits in)
The issue of abortion has received a lot of attention recently, with the social media campaign ‘shout your abortion’ aiming to undercut the stigma associated with abortions, and Amnesty International’s...
View ArticleSpotlight on youth justice and the rights of children in New Zealand
News broke yesterday that a 16 year old girl was detained in a prison cell for four hours because CYF could not find a bed for her. This is a significant concern for human rights and youth justice in...
View ArticleJohn Oliver on the Refugee Crisis
We’re pretty sure this is already making the rounds but if you haven’t seen it yet it’s well worth the watch … somehow John Oliver may have just outdone himself again...
View ArticleLatest development in long line of Australia’s off-shore detention centre...
In the latest development surrounding Australia’s off-shore detention centres, doctors at the Australian Royal Children’s Hospital have refused to send asylum seeker children back into detention,...
View ArticleComplaint lodged with Australian Human Rights Commission welcomed but more...
It is a welcomed development that the Australian and New Zealand Green Parties are lodging a complaint with the Australian Human Rights Commission about the detention and treatment of New Zealanders in...
View ArticleSobering article by the Guardian on NZ’s alarming suicide rate – a big issue...
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/19/we-have-to-start-talking-about-it-new-zealand-suicide-rates-hit-record-high
View ArticleGovernment fails to consider legal aid as part of family violence law review,...
Perhaps the legal aid system is not failing, but rising numbers of people electing to represent themselves in court certainly suggests otherwise, as do the remarks of the NZ Law Society that hundreds...
View ArticlePre-teen on Australian police’s terror radar
The tension between terrorism prevention and human rights protection has been brought to the fore in Australia recently, with a 12 year old boy becoming a terrorist suspect and being subject to a...
View ArticleThe latest developments on Nauru refugee centre
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=52390#.VjALXvkrIhc
View ArticleSexism in NZ and a helpful lecture for any women experiencing (or interested...
Various events have propelled issues of gender and women’s rights into the spotlight in NZ over the past while. In politics we saw the infamous ponytail scandal (a complaint regarding the scandal was...
View ArticleHow would New Zealand look if all disabled people were empowered?
Here’s a link to a great article and video on the issue and how every New Zealander can play a part: http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/73743062/help-make-new-zealand-more-accessible
View ArticleLets express our solidarity with Paris while also taking the time to examine...
We at the NZ Human Rights blog would like to re-affirm our support for, and solidarity with, the people of Paris at this time. We would also, however, like to express our concern with the unbalanced...
View ArticleA powerful way for ordinary people to fight climate change and the human...
Most of us are aware by now that climate change is a scientific reality with direct implications for human rights, wreaking havoc on our planet and its inhabitants. It is particularly concerning that...
View ArticleHuman Rights Day article series: First Topic: Prison Privatisation in NZ and...
Today, the 10th of December 2015, is Human Rights Day, commemorating the day on which the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. The day has been celebrated...
View ArticleLearn more about the TPPA – it’s not a ‘done deal’ (yet)
For all those against the signing of the TPPA, remember that today’s signing was a symbolic step in an ongoing process which has not yet been completed. Implementing the agreement will require...
View ArticleAddressing shameful criminal justice failings for Maori long overdue, bound...
The New Zealand Human Rights Blog welcomes the recent move by retired probation officer Tom Hemopo to take corrections to the Waitangi Tribunal over the overrepresentation of Maori in New Zealand...
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