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1. 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...

2. 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...

3. 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...

4. 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...

5. 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...

6. 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...

7. 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...

8. 2019 to 2024 Ministry of Justice statement of intent [pdf, 2.3 MB]

   ...confident that our strategic intentions are both appropriate and enduring, and address this new, emerging reality. What we’re trying to achieve hasn’t changed, but how we go about it may. At its core, the justice system needs to uphold and promote human rights and the rule of law. It is a system that people turn to and rely upon to get their justice issues resolved. This is always important but will be even more so as Aotearoa emerges from the COVID-19 crisis and looks to move past...

9. Armfield v Naughton [2014] NZHRRT 48 [pdf, 167 KB]

   1 IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2014] NZHRRT 48 Reference No. HRRT 020/2012 UNDER THE PRIVACY ACT 1993 BETWEEN KELLY ARMFIELD PLAINTIFF AND BRADLEY NAUGHTON DEFENDANT AT NEW PLYMOUTH BEFORE: Mr RPG Haines QC, Chairperson Mr GJ Cook JP, Member Mr BK Neeson, Member REPRESENTATION: Ms T Corbett and Mr L Hansen for Plaintiff (7 and 8 February 2013) Mr L Hansen for Plaintiff (15 April 2013) Mr B Naughton in person M...

10. [2021] NZEmpC 77 Fleming v Attorney-General [pdf, 446 KB]

    ...Kuper, counsel for first and second defendants L Meys, counsel (litigation guardian) for third defendant P Cranney and A Kent, counsel for the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions as intervener J Hancock, E Vermunt and F Everard, counsel for the Human Rights Commission as intervener Judgment: 26 May 2021 JUDGMENT OF CHIEF JUDGE CHRISTINA INGLIS Introduction Justin Cootes was born in 1981. He is severely mentally and physically disabled and has been since...