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Human rights are the basic rights and freedoms that everyone should have. There are two main types of human rights – civil and political rights, and social, cultural and economic rights.
Human rights were first expressed in the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Countries who sign up to international human rights treaties must include the rights in their own laws.
The Office of Human Rights Proceedings (OHRP) is an independent office within the Human Rights Commission that provides free legal representation to complainants to take selected discrimination cases to the Human Rights Review Tribunal.
The Human Rights Commission welcomes the Prime Minister’s commitment to fulfilling the expectations of those who called for this inquiry into abuse in care.
The Human Rights Commission welcomes the Supreme Court’s judgment in the landmark case of the Attorney-General v Taylor.
A call for government and procurement professionals to take the lead in addressing human rights abuses in their supply chains was the topic of this month’s Procurement Breakfast Session.
The Human Rights Commission has farewelled Equal Employment Opportunities, Women and SOGISC Rights Commissioner Dr Jackie Blue.
The Commission supports advice from the Law Commission that abortion should be removed from the Crimes Act 1961 and incorporated into health services legislation.
At a briefing session today for 30 Wellington-based diplomats, 13 non-governmental organisations and the Human Rights Commission outlined the many human rights challenges facing New Zealand despite it being a relatively peaceful, prosperous and tolerant nation.
Read the latest October newsletter from the Human Rights Commission.
Why are we New Zealanders so terrified of special measures or positive discrimination when we so often turn a blind eye to negative discrimination?
An update on the work of Disability Rights Commission Paula Tesoriero.
The Human Rights Commission welcomes the appointment of two new Commissioners, announced today by Justice Minister Andrew Little.
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