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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, the Ministry of Education and disability rights stakeholders are collaborating to hold the first of a series of regional workshops on inclusive education.
Today’s announcement about the removal of the racist policy that prevented African and Middle Eastern refugees from settling in New Zealand, unless family were already living here, was well overdue, says Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon.
We must ensure that basic human rights to equality and dignity are realised for all and not just the majority.
This week, the New Zealand Human Rights Commission co-partnered with Office of Ethnic Communities and the Religious Diversity Centre to launch the third edition of the Statement on Religious Diversity.
The Disability Rights Commissioner delivered this speech at the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) workshop in Wellington in September.
The Disability Rights Commissioner Paula Tesoriero made the following speech at the i-CREATe Conference in Canberra on 27 August 2019.
Several women have come forward about their appalling experiences of discrimination over pay and progression opportunities in workplaces across the country.
Applying New Zealand’s international human rights commitments, particularly those in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, can help in resolving the situation at Ihumātao, Chief Human Rights Commissioner Paul Hunt says.
"While courts around the world have grappled with the idea of coercion…we are saying it’s ok for our Bill in New Zealand for one doctor to make that assessment."
Climate change poses enormous human rights challenges in the Pacific and within Aotearoa New Zealand. It places responsibilities on governments and every one of us.
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