New Zealand has one of the highest rates of imprisonment in the Western world, while people are increasingly becoming aware … Keep reading “Report: Alternatives to Prison by the Community Justice Project”
Round-up of civil liberty news from April 2013.
Amnesty International … Keep reading “Liberty Watch – April 2013”
The Committee of the NZ Council for Civil Liberties make its monthly meetings open to anyone who wishes to attend.
The NZCCL's next meeting to discuss NZ's constitutional review will have the topic:
Other issues, and Drawing the Ideas Together?… Keep reading “NZCCL – NZ Constitutional Arrangements”
The IPCA have responded to our letter asking them to investigate the officers who deliberately hid their badge numbers while … Keep reading “IPCA again decline to investigate badge-hiding police”
The NZCCL's next meeting to discuss NZ's constitutional review will have the topic:
Are there changes that could usefully be … Keep reading “NZCCL – NZ Constitutional Arrangements”
(This is an update to our earlier articles about this issue. One and two.)
In November 2011 the Department … Keep reading “Record-keeping and human Rights – an on-going saga”
By now you've probably heard of the National Government's plans to make protest at sea illegal through an amendment to the … Keep reading “Government says the right to freedom of expression doesn’t matter at sea”
The Committee of the NZ Council for Civil Liberties has decided to make its monthly meetings open to anyone who … Keep reading “NZCCL Monthly Meeting”
We have written to the Independent Police Complaints Authority to ask them to investigate the police officers who deliberately hid … Keep reading “Letter sent to IPCA re police officers hiding their identities”
Round-up of civil liberty news for March 2013.
The NZCCL's next meeting to discuss NZ's constitutional review will have the topic:
Should New Zealand move to a written … Keep reading “NZCCL – NZ Constitutional Arrangements”
Round-up of civil liberty news for February 2013.
A leading forensic scientist is launching … Keep reading “Liberty Watch – February 2013”
The Committee of the NZ Council for Civil Liberties has decided to make its monthly meetings open to anyone who … Keep reading “NZCCL Monthly Meeting”
The Committee of the NZ Council for Civil Liberties has decided to make its monthly meetings open to anyone who … Keep reading “NZCCL monthly meetings now open to public”
"IPANZ and The Institute of Governance and Policy Studies (IGPS) invite you to a series of lunchtime lectures, Improving the … Keep reading “IPANZ Lunchtime Lectures – Improving the Governance of NZ”
Round up of civil liberty news for January 2013.
New Zealand prisoners have … Keep reading “Liberty Watch – January 2013”
The NZCCL will be having a meeting with a representative of the Constitutional Advisory Panel.
This meeting will take place … Keep reading “NZCCL Meeting with Constitutional Advisory Panel”
A judge has ruled a prison smoking ban is unlawful. Justice Gilbert … Keep reading “Liberty Watch – December 2012”
In an article in the Herald on Tuesday December 18, Keith Locke raises some awkward questions … Keep reading “The role of the GCSB”
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