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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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... |
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Civil Drinks December We’re coming to the end of another busy year at the Council. Please join the executive for... |
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Submission: Terrorism Suppression (Control Orders) Bill We strongly oppose the Terrorism Suppression (Control Orders) Bill. The very purpose of it, to... |
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We oppose the Terrorism Suppression (Control Orders) Bill The New Zealand Council for Civil Liberties is highly concerned by the potential impact on people... |
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Submission: Arms Legislation Bill The NZ Council for Civil Liberties has made a submission (pdf) about the the Arms Legislation Bill... |
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Submission: Electoral Amendment Bill We are disappointed in the Electoral Amendment Bill more for what it doesn't do than what it does... |
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Submission: Abortion Legislation Bill We have made our submission about the Abortion Legislation Bill to the committee (see attachment).... |
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Civil drinks September Please come and join us for a drink and chat at Avida on Featherston St, Wellington,... |
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Politicians are failing in the oversight of our intelligence agencies The NZ Council for Civil Liberties exists to help protect the civil liberties of New Zealanders from... |
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Media Release: Scandalising the court is an attack on freedom of expression After the Select Committee removed it in response to submissions, the government has surprised... |
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Submission: Zero Carbon Bill The NZ Council for Civil Liberties has made a submission (PDF) about the Climate Change Response... |
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Concern over Customs interrogating person over manuscript The NZ Council for Civil Liberties views with concern the reports about NZ Customs stopping Matthew... |
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Report: Statistics NZ Data Summit 2018 NZCCL committee member Andrew Ecclestone went to the Statistics NZ Data Summit in 2018. We... |