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1. BORA Prisoners' and Victims' Claims Bill [pdf, 194 KB]

   ...consistent with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 ("BORA"), we have set out the basis of that conclusion below. Introduction 2. The Bill creates specialised schemes for the award and receipt of monetary compensation under the BORA, the Human Rights Act 1993 and the Privacy Act 1993 in respect of claims brought by prison inmates and others subject to control or supervision as a result of a prison sentence ("inmate claims") and for the bringing of civil procee...

2. Evidence Brief: Scared Straight Programmes [pdf, 284 KB]

   ...Bushway, S. (1997). Preventing Crime: What Works, What Doesn’t, What’s Promising. A Report to the United States Congress. College Park, MD: University of Maryland, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice. US Department of Health and Human Services (2001). Youth Violence: A Report of the Surgeon General. Rockville, MD: Department of Health and Human Services. Klenowski, P., Bell, K. & Dodson, K. (2010). An empirical evaluation of juvenile awareness programs in the Unit...

3. [2020] NZEnvC 101 Southland District Council v Chartres & Otherspdf [pdf, 744 KB]

   ...of 8 metres for fencing; (iii) at 8101 .4, the removal of wind thrown trees or dead standing trees which have died as a result of natural causes where this is necessary to avoid adverse effects on remaining treed or vegetation or to avoid risks to human life or property; (iv) at 8IO1.6(a), the clearance, modification or removal of indigenous vegetation which has grown naturally on land lawfully cleared since 2000, provided that clearance, modification or removal within 10 metres of a wa...

4. Proactive release - Privacy Bill: Approval for Supplementary Order Paper and draw down of Budget 2014 tagged contingency [pdf, 925 KB]

   ...New Zealand law; 2.4 clarify agency liability and defences for a failure to notify a notifiable privacy breach; 2.5 permit the Department of Internal Affairs to enter into new information matching agreements; and 2.6 permit class actions in the Human Rights Review Tribunal (the Tribunal) by persons other than the Director of Human Rights Proceedings (the Director). 3 I also seek approval to draw down and re-phase the tagged contingency funding obtained through Budget 2014 to reflect...

5. Singh v McKee [2024] NZHRRT 3 [pdf, 259 KB]

   Reference No. HRRT 067/2021 UNDER THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1993 BETWEEN ITWINDER SINGH PLAINTIFF AND STEPHEN MCKEE DEFENDANT AT AUCKLAND BEFORE: Ms J Foster, Deputy Chairperson Ms LJ Gorringe JP, Member Ms BL Klippel, Member REPRESENTATION: Mr I Singh in person Mr PF Wicks KC for defendant DATE OF HEARING: 1 August 2023 DATE OF DECISION: 2 February 2024 DECISION OF TRIBUNAL1 [1] Mr Singh worked for approximately 10 years as a stable...

6. Amir-Bastani-submission-Annex-A.-National-Security-Check-Form.pdf [pdf, 262 KB]

   ...No D5 Have you been associated with any group or organisation that has used or promoted violence to further their aims? Yes Describe how you were involved No D6 Have you ever committed or been involved in war crimes, crimes against humanity, and/or human rights abuses? Yes Describe how you were involved No 6 – National Security Check Form – November 2017 When filling in this form, please write clearly using CAPITAL LETTERS. Section E Declaration I declare...

7. OIA-98202-response.pdf [pdf, 927 KB]

   ...Ngāi Tahu) 14 Jun 2020 14 Jun 2025 Professor Tracey Kathleen Dorothy McINTOSH, MNZM NZ Māori (Ngāi Tūhoe) 15 Jun 2020 14 Jun 2024 Dr Virginia HOPE, MNZM 15 Jun 2020 14 Jun 2023 Dr Tamasailau Sualii Samoan 12 May 2021 11 May 2026 HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION – Minister of Justice Name Ethnicities (and Iwi if applicable) Date of original appointment Expiry date of present term Meng Liu FOON (Race Relations Commissioner) NZ Chinese 26 Aug 2019 25 Aug 2024 Dr Kar...

8. Williams v Police (Strike-Out Application) [2017] NZHRRT 37 [pdf, 239 KB]

   1 IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2017] NZHRRT 37 Reference No. HRRT 014/2016 UNDER THE PRIVACY ACT 1993 BETWEEN JAMES LEONARD WILLIAMS PLAINTIFF AND NEW ZEALAND POLICE DEFENDANT AT WELLINGTON BEFORE: Mr RPG Haines QC, Chairperson Ms DL Hart, Member Mr RK Musuku, Member REPRESENTATION: Mr D Stringer for plaintiff by AVL from Christchurch Mens Prison (together with Mr JL Williams) Ms C Scott for defendant...

9. BORA Harmful Digital Communications Bill [pdf, 303 KB]

   ...in the position of the victim and posting the communication causes harm to the victim. 11. The Bill also proposes amendments to the Crimes Act 1961 for the offence of aiding and abetting suicide. It also amends the Harassment Act 1997 and the Human Rights Act 1993 so as to clarify their application to digital communications. Qualified immunity for online content hosts contingent on responsiveness to complaints 12. Clause 20, which is termed a “safe harbour” provision, provi...

10. Guide to virtual meetings - Behavioural Science Aotearoa [pdf, 308 KB]

    ...looked remarkably different since we started having so many of them virtually. Now virtual meetings (where one or more attendees are online) are often a staple of our working lives. • In this document we use behavioural science, the study of human behaviour, to answer the question: How do we have effective virtual meetings? • We show that, while virtual meetings pose challenges to having good meetings, we can overcome many of these challenges. In some cases, virtual meetin...