The Inspector-General of Intelligence Services has published a report into the NZ SIS’s use of security camera surveillance in Auckland. … Keep reading “SIS had access to Auckland city cameras”
Following up on the Cabinet Paper, the government has released a discussion document (PDF) to prompt feedback about their proposed … Keep reading “Reforming NZ’s hate speech laws”
The Council believes that human rights are the foundation of peace, and therefore of safety. We believe that this bill … Keep reading “Submission: Counter Terrorism BIll”
We have migrated our website from Drupal to WordPress. This is a key step in enabling us to develop it … Keep reading “Admin: Website migration”
Video from our Facial Recognition and Human Rights panel discussion on 2021/02/23 featuring:
The New Zealand Government should not be helping Facebook to spy on New Zealanders. Yet by including Facebook supplied tracking … Keep reading “Media release: NZ Government enabling Facebook spying on New Zealanders”
Amnesty International, NZ Council for Civil Liberties and Just Speak invite you to an evening workshop to explore an initiative … Keep reading “Aotearoa Prison & Police Watchdog”
The Council supports the right to protest. The Council was founded in response to the 1951 Waterfront Lockout. While our … Keep reading “Submission: Contraception, Sterilisation, and Abortion (Safe Areas) Amendment Bill”
Following up from our written submission, we also made an oral submission to the Governance & Administration Select Committee. … Keep reading “Submission: Oral re Internet Censorship (FVPC Amendment Bill)”
NZCCL chairperson Thomas Beagle was a panellist with David Hood on the Pulse of a Nation session at the New … Keep reading “Video: Pulse of a Nation at New Echo Systems”
The Committee of the NZ Council for Civil Liberties make its monthly meetings open to anyone who wishes to attend,
Transparency International and the PSA are hosting a discussion of the proposed changes to New Zealand's whistleblowing laws.
… Keep reading “Webinar: Top of the world – but is this real?”New Zealand
The National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Otago is hosting New Ec(h)o systems: Democracy in … Keep reading “New Ec(h)o systems: Democracy in the Age of Social Media”
In December 2020, the Council took part in a closed evaluation of Aotearoa’s Government Chief Data Steward’s (GCDS) 2018 … Keep reading “Aotearoa’s Data Strategy”
The Council supports the Protected Disclosures (Protection of Whistleblowers) Bill and makes suggestions to strengthen it.
The ability to ‘blow … Keep reading “Submission: Protected Disclosures”
The Council opposes the Firearms Prohibition Orders (No 2) bill. The Council continues to oppose all legislation which misrepresents … Keep reading “Submission: Firearms Prohibition Orders”
The Council started off 2020 well with our policy and strategy sessions putting us in … Keep reading “Chairperson’s Report 2020”
Join our expert panel lead by our Chairperson Thomas Beagle for a discussion of the impact of facial recognition on … Keep reading “Panel: Facial Recognition & Human Rights”
FYI tool to help make an Official Information Act requests.
Office of the Privacy Commissioner if you have concerns about your privacy.
Aotearoa Justice Watch to anonymously tell someone about a problem you’ve encountered with our justice system including police and prisons.