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Media release: NZ Government enabling Facebook spying on New Zealanders The New Zealand Government should not be helping Facebook to spy on New Zealanders. Yet by including... |
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Aotearoa Prison & Police Watchdog Amnesty International, NZ Council for Civil Liberties and Just Speak invite you to an evening... |
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Submission: Contraception, Sterilisation, and Abortion (Safe Areas) Amendment Bill The Council supports the right to protest. The Council was founded in response to the 1951... |
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Submission: Oral re Internet Censorship (FVPC Amendment Bill) Following up from our written submission, we also made an oral submission to the Governance &... |
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Video: Pulse of a Nation at New Echo Systems NZCCL chairperson Thomas Beagle was a panellist with David Hood on the Pulse of a Nation session at... |
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Meeting dates of 2021 The Committee of the NZ Council for Civil Liberties make its monthly meetings open to anyone... |
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Submission: Internet Censorship (FVPC Amendment Bill) The Council opposes the Films, Videos, and Publications Classification (Urgent Interim... |
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Webinar: Top of the world - but is this real? Transparency International and the PSA are hosting a discussion of the proposed changes to New... |
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New Ec(h)o systems: Democracy in the Age of Social Media The National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Otago is hosting New Ec(... |
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Aotearoa's Data Strategy In December 2020, the Council took part in a closed evaluation of Aotearoa’s Government Chief... |
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Submission: Protected Disclosures The Council supports the Protected Disclosures (Protection of Whistleblowers) Bill and makes... |
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Submission: Firearms Prohibition Orders The Council opposes the Firearms Prohibition Orders (No 2) bill. The Council continues to oppose all... |
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Chairperson's Report 2020 Issues and Events in NZ The Council started off 2020 well with our policy and strategy sessions... |
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Panel: Facial Recognition & Human Rights Join our expert panel lead by our Chairperson Thomas Beagle for a discussion of the impact of facial... |
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Urgency and overreach is not democracy We are disappointed that the government recently passed a law that would have been highly contentious... |
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Media release: Government's dangerous statement about encryption doesn't make sense Today the government announced that, while it supported the use of encryption on the internet, it was... |
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Joint calls for overhaul of OIA The Child Poverty Action Group, Greenpeace, Forest and Bird, JustSpeak, New Zealand Council for Civil... |
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2020 Election: what we'd like to see from the parties The 2020 election is approaching and the political parties are starting to make their promises.... |
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Submission: Covid-19 Response (Fast Track Consenting) Bill The Council for Civil Liberties has made a slightly late submission to the Environment Select... |
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Submission: Covid-19 Public Health Response Act After complaints that the government rushed through the Covid-19 Public Health Response Act with... |
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Submission: Screen Industry Workers Bill The NZ Council for Civil Liberties made a submission to the Select Committee considering the Screen... |
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NZCCL response to the Covid-19 Public Health Response Bill We were recently asked if we would provide feedback on the government's draft Covid-19... |
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Co-signed: Statement on the COVID-19 response from civil society members of OGP Steering Committee The New Zealand Council for Civil Liberties endorses and co-signs the letter from the GOP Steering... |
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Submission: Electoral (Registration of Sentenced Prisoners) Amendment Bill The Council is disappointed that the Electoral (Registration of Sentenced Prisoners) Amendment Bill... |
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Guest post: Bail can't be subverted for COVID-19 purposes Douglas Ewen, barrister and member of the NZCCL, has written to Solicitor-General Una... |
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Submission: Vaping Bill The Council made a submission on the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Vaping)... |
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Pandemic response - recommended reading Some useful articles about civil liberties during a pandemic. Last updated 7 May 2020. Civil... |
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End the Police Armed Response Team trials The NZ Council for Civil Liberties has co-signed the open letter from Just Speak calling for an end... |
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Civil liberties during a pandemic There is no doubt that our government will need to take on exceptional powers to deal with the COVID-... |
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Submission: TIPC emergency service access to location information The Council has made a submission to the Privacy Commisioner concerning the proposed extensions to... |
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Oral submission: APEC 2021 Bill Following up on our written submission we also appeared before the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade... |
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Submission: APEC 2021 Bill The Council opposes the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC 2021) Bill. As the strongest... |
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Algorithm Charter - panel discussion We are hosting a panel discussion about Statistics New Zealand’s Algorithm Charter, at 6:00pm... |
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Submission: Public Service Legislation Bill The Council makes 13 recommendations in our submission on the Public Service Legislation Bill. Our... |
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Submission: Algorithm Charter The Council welcomes the government's Algorithm Charter, and has many suggestions for an... |
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No to police patrolling in armed squads The New Zealand Council for Civil Liberties strongly objects to the Armed Responders trial by Police... |
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Government's half measure fails to fix prisoner voting The NZCCL is disappointed that the Government continues to support the idea that prisoners in New... |
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Against pre-crime - Control Order Bill oral submission We made the folllowing oral submission to the Select Committee overseeing the Terrorism Suppression (... |
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Chairperson's Report 2019 Issues and events in NZ Christchurch Massacre The most significant event this year in New... |
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Meeting Dates for 2020 The Committee of the NZ Council for Civil Liberties make its monthly meetings open to anyone who... |
