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”
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)”
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 for Civil Liberties has made a slightly late submission to the Environment Select Committee on the Covid-19 Response … Keep reading “Submission: Covid-19 Response (Fast Track Consenting) Bill”
After complaints that the government rushed through the Covid-19 Public Health Response Act with barely 16 hours for a selected … Keep reading “Submission: Covid-19 Public Health Response Act”
The NZ Council for Civil Liberties made a submission to the Select Committee considering the Screen Industry Workers Bill.… Keep reading “Submission: Screen Industry Workers Bill”
The Council is disappointed that the Electoral (Registration of Sentenced Prisoners) Amendment Bill continues the fiction that voting is not … Keep reading “Submission: Electoral (Registration of Sentenced Prisoners) Amendment Bill”
The Council made a submission on the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Vaping) Amendment Bill due to our concerns with
The Council has made a submission to the Privacy Commisioner concerning the proposed extensions to the Telecommunications Information Privacy Code. … Keep reading “Submission: TIPC emergency service access to location information”
Following up on our written submission we also appeared before the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Select Committee to make … Keep reading “Oral submission: APEC 2021 Bill”
The Council opposes the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC 2021) Bill.
As the strongest democracy in APEC, New Zealand has … Keep reading “Submission: APEC 2021 Bill”
The Council makes 13 recommendations in our submission on the Public Service Legislation Bill. Our recommendations include
The Council welcomes the government’s Algorithm Charter, and has many suggestions for an effective process that puts people’s rights … Keep reading “Submission: Algorithm Charter”
We made the folllowing oral submission to the Select Committee overseeing the Terrorism Suppression (Control Orders) Bill. (See our … Keep reading “Against pre-crime – Control Order Bill oral submission”
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