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1. 2017 Ministry of Justice Annual Report [pdf, 3.7 MB]

   ...reduce variations and increase the distribution of best practices around the country, will improve the service for the public. 4. We need greater use of technology. The expansion of AVL is a good example. It is a fundamentally more efficient and humane way of dealing with those people in our system. It can reduce delays and inconveniences with transporting prisoners and improve the experience of vulnerable witnesses by providing opportunities for them to appear in Court via AVL i...

2. Children-living-through-sexual-exploitation-in-Aotearoa-ECPAT-report-2025.pdf [pdf, 2.8 MB]

   ...action to end it (Alexander, Meuwese, & Wolthuis, 2000). In line with this, Aotearoa has ratified the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children (United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, 2002), and Convention 182 of the International Labour Organisation, which identifies commercial sexual exploitation as one of the worst forms of child labour (International Labour Organization, 1999). Aotearoa is also a signator...

3. Key Informant Interviews Review of the Prostitution Reform Act 2003 [pdf, 326 KB]

   ...CORP 363 Reasons for support Informants often gave several reasons why they supported the PRA. The most common reasons – with fairly equal weighting – were that: • The PRA protected basic human rights of sex workers particularly by removing the stigma and barriers associated with criminal convictions, the opportunities for exploitation, and constraints on their being kept safe. • The health of sex workers was likely to be bett

4. [2012] NZEmpC 172 Gregory v CE of the Department of Corrections [pdf, 301 KB]

   ...site as the executive officer, with a view to setting up a committee once full staffing was in place. In or around October 2006, Mr Gregory was given a three month secondment to the position of Business Coach under Ngaro Nellie Sagar, then the Human Resources Advisor. Ms Sagar claimed that Mr Gregory was reluctant to relinquish his PCO position and, contrary to her instructions, continued to have contact with staff, prisoners and, at times, the management in the visits area. She...

5. [2017] NZEnvC 109 Norsho Bulc Limited v Auckland Council [pdf, 2.5 MB]

   ...that, on a bundled basis, the proposal was to be considered as a non-complying activity, triggering consideration under s 1040 RMA. Statutory Instruments National Environmental Standard for Assessing and Managing Contaminants in Soil to Protect Human Health. [19] This NES is relevant. It was not in dispute that the methodology proposed for managing discharges from the fill site from both surface and sub-surface water is appropriate as are proposed erosion and sediment control meas...

6. [2013] NZEmpC 71 Gilbert v Transfield Services (New Zealand) Ltd [pdf, 362 KB]

   ...concluded at [49]: There is simply no evidence put before the Authority that this [discrimination by conduct which had the effect of treating a person or group of persons differently in a situation where such treatment could be unlawful under the Human Rights Act 1993] was the case and that Mr Gilbert’s union affiliations weighed in the balance at all when it came to a decision regarding his retention. [14] Other important parts of Mr Gilbert’s claim were disposed of with si...

7. Parihaka Te Kawanata o Rongo Deed of Reconciliation [pdf, 1.8 MB]

   ...for promoting laws that breached natural justice by enabling those protestors to be held in South Island jails without trial for periods that assumed the character of indefinite detention; • For depriving those political prisoners of their basic human rights, and for inflicting unwarranted hardships both on them and on members of their whanau and hapu who remained behind and sustained Parihaka in their absence; • For invading Parihaka in November 1881, forcibly evicting many peopl...

8. Family Court Rewrite - Summary of submissions - PDF version [pdf, 824 KB]

   ...themselves, it increases the time and cost required for the court to determine matters. There need to be adequately resourced services to assist these parties and children. This has the potential to reduce costs not only fiscally but also in terms of the human cost in the future. Legal professional organisation Many people, particularly social service and whānau support workers, said New Zealanders face a variety of challenges which can affect the...

9. Family Court Rewrite - Summary of submissions - Word version [docx, 3.1 MB]

   ...themselves, it increases the time and cost required for the court to determine matters. There need to be adequately resourced services to assist these parties and children. This has the potential to reduce costs not only fiscally but also in terms of the human cost in the future. Legal professional organisation Many people, particularly social service and whānau support workers, said New Zealanders face a variety of challenges which can affect their ability to...

10. Breaking the inter-generational cycle of family violence and sexual violence [pdf, 8.4 MB]

    ...distinct needs of the two are met, but also identify where alignments and collaboration are needed (for example, through primary prevention initiatives focussing on healthy relationships and support for victims of intimate partner sexual violence). Human Rights 44 Reducing family violence and sexual violence assists the Government to meet its human rights obligations including the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), Convention on the Rights of the Ch...