Human Rights Commission releases Suffrage 125 video

Human Rights Commission releases Suffrage 125 video

Today the Human Rights Commission premieres its Suffrage 125 video – Still Striving for Equality, which features a former Prime Minister, a former Governor General, a Supreme Court Justice and On the Rag podcasters from The Spinoff. Read More

Focusing on the rights of women and girls in the Pacific

Focusing on the rights of women and girls in the Pacific

Two Human Rights Commission advisors have been in Samoa this week at the Asia Pacific Forum Roundtable on promoting and protecting the human rights of women and girls in the Pacific region. Read More

Organisations are invited to participate is New Zealand’s 3rd Review under the UPR

Organisations are invited to participate is New Zealand’s 3rd Review under the UPR

The Human Rights Commission is inviting organisation to participate in New Zealand’s first in-country Universal Periodic Review Pre-session and related training sessions Read More

Commission raises concerns for elderly New Zealanders in secure dementia units and psychogeriatric facilities

Commission raises concerns for elderly New Zealanders in secure dementia units and psychogeriatric facilities

The Commission’s chief legal adviser Janet Anderson-Bidois spoke about these issues on Newshub. Read More

Human Rights Commission backs red zone property offer

Human Rights Commission backs red zone property offer

The Human Rights Commission today welcomed the Government’s announcement of a new offer to buy properties in the Christchurch earthquake residential red zones. Read More

Concern for those held in aged care facilities without consent

Concern for those held in aged care facilities without consent

A new report published by the Human Rights Commission raises concerns about the legal and human rights safeguards for an estimated 5000 elderly New Zealanders in secure dementia units and psychogeriatric facilities. Read More

 

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