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1. BORA Judicial Matters Bill [pdf, 309 KB]

   ...competing concepts of judicial independence through tenure and the need to introduce "new blood" into the court. Acceptance of this balancing exercise through use of mandatory retirement ages for Judges can be found in several international human rights documents.[2] For these reasons I would conclude that clause 44 does not appear to be inconsistent with NZBORA. Restrictions on the right to freedom of expression Clause 18 - Duty of confidentiality on the Judicial Conduct Com...

2. Doria v Diamond Laser Medispa Taupo Ltd (Stay) [2019] NZHRRT 20 [pdf, 171 KB]

   Reference No. HRRT 014/2018 UNDER THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1993 BETWEEN ZELINDA DORIA PLAINTIFF AND DIAMOND LASER MEDISPA TAUPO LIMITED FIRST DEFENDANT AND OLIVIA JANE BLAKENEY-WILLIAMS SECOND DEFENDANT AT AUCKLAND BEFORE: Ms MA Roche, Co-Chairperson Dr SJ Hickey MNZM, Member Mr RK Musuku, Member REPRESENTATION: Ms E Tait for plaintiff Mr G Brant for defendants DATE OF HEARING: Heard on the papers DATE OF DECISION: 22 March 2019 DE...

3. Apostolakis v Attorney-General No. 3 (Costs) [2019] NZHRRT 11 [pdf, 250 KB]

   1 IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2019] NZHRRT 11 Reference No. HRRT 029/2017 UNDER THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1993 BETWEEN KATHY APOSTOLAKIS PLAINTIFF AND ATTORNEY-GENERAL FIRST DEFENDANT AND ROB GARLICK SECOND DEFENDANT AND SIMON NICOLAS MEIKLE THIRD DEFENDANT AT WELLINGTON BEFORE: Mr RPG Haines ONZM QC, Chairperson Ms GJ Goodwin, Member Mr BK Neeson JP, Member REPRESENTATION: Mrs K Apostolakis in person...

4. BSA Newsletter Jan 2022.pdf [pdf, 298 KB]

   ...https://www.justice.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Publications/Guide-to-virtual-meetings-BSA.pdf mailto:Helen.Aki@justice.govt.nz What we’re reading / listening to Rationality: What it is, Why it seems Scarce, Why it Matters: by Steven Pinker - Blurb from the book: “Humans today are often portrayed as cavemen out of time, poised to react to a lion in the grass with a suite of biases, blind spots, and illusions. But cognitive scientist and rational optimist Steven Pinker argues that...

5. Fehling v New Zealand Post (Lifting of Stay) [2013] NZHRRT 43 [pdf, 47 KB]

   1 IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2013] NZHRRT 43 Reference No. HRRT 027/2012 UNDER THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1993 BETWEEN FRIEDRICH JOACHIM FEHLING PLAINTIFF AND NEW ZEALAND POST LIMITED DEFENDANT BEFORE: Mr RPG Haines QC, Chairperson Ms GJ Goodwin, Member Mr BK Neeson, Member REPRESENTATION: Mr FJ Fehling in person Dr AS Butler and Mr TCE Miller for Defendant DATE OF DECISION: 19 December 2013 DECISION OF TRIBUN...

6. BSA newsletter Jan 2022 v2 [pdf, 350 KB]

   ...https://www.justice.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Publications/Guide-to-virtual-meetings-BSA.pdf mailto:Helen.Aki@justice.govt.nz What we’re reading / listening to Rationality: What it is, Why it seems Scarce, Why it Matters: by Steven Pinker - Blurb from the book: “Humans today are often portrayed as cavemen out of time, poised to react to a lion in the grass with a suite of biases, blind spots, and illusions. But cognitive scientist and rational optimist Steven Pinker argues that...

7. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women - list of issues 7th report [pdf, 35 KB]

   ...results achieved in eliminating discrimination against women. Legislative and institutional framework 2. According to paragraph 205 of the Core document (HRI/CORE/NZL/2010), for an individual to take a case on rights protected by international human rights instruments, these rights need to be incorporated into domestic statute law. Please clarify whether a specific statute to achieve the Convention’s full domestic implementation or other relevant legislation has been enacted. In t...

8. BORA Rights of Victims of Insane Offenders Bill [pdf, 152 KB]

   ...and freedoms affirmed in the Bill of Rights Act. In reaching that conclusion, we have considered the consistency of the Bill with s 11 (right to refuse to undergo medical treatment), s 23(5) (rights of persons deprived of liberty to be treated with humanity and dignity), and s 25(c) (right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty). Our analysis is set out below. The Bill 3. The Bill proposes to ensure the victims of ‘legally insane’ offenders are treated the same as other vict...

9. UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples [pdf, 166 KB]

   ...1 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [without reference to a Main Committee (A/61/L.67 and Add.1)] 61/295. United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples The General Assembly, Taking note of the recommendation of the Human Rights Coun- cil contained in its resolution 1/2 of 29 June 2006,1 by which the Council adopted the text of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Recalling its resolution 61/178 of 20 December 2006, by which...

10. Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination – summary record 18th-20th reports (continued) [pdf, 117 KB]

    ...Eighteenth to twentieth periodic reports of New Zealand (continued) (CERD/C/NZL/18-20 and CERD/C/NZL/Q/18-20) 1. At the invitation of the Chair, the delegation of New Zealand took places at the Committee table. 2. Mr. de Bres (New Zealand Human Rights Commission) said that the New Zealand Government prided itself on the many initiatives it had taken to guarantee the equality of all New Zealanders, particularly with regard to health, education and justice, and on having made sig...