The UN Independent Expert on the rights of older persons, Rosa Kornfeld-Matte, will begin her visit next week to New Zealand to assess the human rights situation of older persons. Read More
The New Zealand Parliament will be petitioned to take a strong position on Australia’s severe immigration detention, deportation and citizenship impediments for New Zealanders when Australia appears before the United Nations in 2020. Read More
Chief Human Rights Commissioner, Paul Hunt, warmly welcomes the release of the Face to Face with Digital Exclusion report from the Citizen’s Advice Bureau (CAB), today, and encourages the government to give its recommendations careful consideration. Read More
Chief Human Rights Commissioner Paul Hunt says there is a glaring hypocrisy at the heart of proposed public service reforms: that human rights are good for the public service, but not for the public. Read More
Chief Human Rights Commissioner, Paul Hunt, says the current Public Service Legislation Bill before select committee contains a glaring double standard concerning how the public sector would deal with human rights and he is calling for an amendment to the Bill. Read More
Chief Human Rights Commissioner, Paul Hunt, welcomes the release of the preliminary findings of the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, Leilani Farha, today, and looks forward to giving her recommendations careful consideration. Read More
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