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Gang Patches in Whanganui The NZ Council for Civil Liberties is gratified that the High Court has ruled that the law banning... |
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Riff-Raff are people too The New Zealand Council for Civil Liberties is alarmed and dismayed that a bunch of business... |
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Submission: Review of Official Information Act The Council's submission to the Law Commission's review of the Official Information Act... |
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SIS Amendment Bill extends powers? The SIS Amendment Bill has been introduced along with its Regulatory Impact Statement. ... |
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Round-up: Search & Surveillance Bill A round-up of what people are saying about the latest version of the Search & Surveillance... |
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Chairperson's Report for 2009-2010 Chairperson's Report To Members At The Annual General Meeting Of The New Zealand Council For... |
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Personal account of NZCCL AGM and BOR Talk This is my personal account of the NZCCL AGM and the talk by Andrew Butler that followed. It is... |
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Guest post: The Police Arms Race Guest post by Michael Bott Greg O’Connor wants all Police to be armed. The Prime Minster... |
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Encouraging conversations about justified limitations on rights Some thoughts on the NZ Bill of Rights Act 1990 at its 20th Anniversary The New Zealand Bill... |
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NZCCL Annual General Meeting - Nov 10th The Annual General Meeting of the New Zealand Council for Civil Liberties will be at 12:30pm on... |
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Changes to name suppression laws The government has announced plans to implement the recommendations of the Law Commission to... |
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Summary of the Issues Paper re the Official Information Act The Law Commission is working on a review of the Official Information Act. They have just released... |
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Constitutional lawyers reject the special powers Earthquake Act A group of constitutional lawyers and law professors have expressed their concerns about the... |
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Select Committee make a mistake, recommends giving all current prisoners the vote Andrew Geddis at Pundit has pointed out a serious flaw in the amendments proposed by the Law and... |
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Disappointment as select committee recommends taking vote from prisoners The Law and Order Select Committee has recommended (PDF) that the bill to strip the vote from... |
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Blogger convicted for online breach of suppression order Blogger Cameron Slater has been convicted in the District Court for 9 breaches of name suppression... |
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Concerns over quake emergency powers law Parliament has passed the wide-ranging Canterbury Earthquake Response and Recovery Act. This... |
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Customs Gathering Intelligence at the Border Why did Customs copy the address book from a mobile phone owned by the wife of Michael Quinlan,... |
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NZCCL Submission - revised Search & Surveillance Bill Submission on the revised Search and Surveillance Bill The New Zealand Council for Civil... |
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Moana Jackson - A further primer on the foreshore and seabed Moana Jackson has written A Further Primer on the Foreshore and Seabed. It's an... |
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Tech Liberty submission on Search & Surveillance Bill Tech Liberty has posted their submission about the Search and Surveillance Bill. Click the... |
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Strengthening the Bill of Rights Act Blogger No Right Turn has two useful articles about strengthening the Bill of Rights Act. The... |
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Official Information Act Performance The Official Information Act is an important facet of New Zealand's democracy. By making... |
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A Brief Report - Celebrating 20 Years of the Bill of Rights The 20th anniversary of the passing of the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 is being... |
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Celebrating 20 years of the Bill of Rights Act The 20th anniversary of New Zealand’s Bill of Rights is being celebrated at Victoria... |
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It's back - the Search & Surveillance Bill returns Guest editorial by Val Morse An interim report on the Search and Surveillance Bill was issued... |
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Making a submission to a Select Committee What's involved with making a submission to a Select Committee? Thomas Beagle accompanied... |
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NZCCL Oral Submission on Electoral Disqualification Oral submission to the Law and Order Select Committee in respect of the Electoral (... |
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Is the Internet a human right? A report on a talk from Jonathan Penney, Cyberlaw Fellow at Victoria University, about the... |
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NZCCL Constitution The New Zealand Council for Civil Liberties Incorporated The following are the... |
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DomPost misinterprets school search guidelines The article from the DomPost (also in Stuff) starts with: Schools have been told they can now... |
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New edition of classic NZ Civil Rights Handbook released The latest edition of Tim McBride's classic New Zealand Civil Rights Handbook has just been... |
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WCC backs down on city-wide liquor ban The Wellington City Council has dropped plans to impose a city-wide liquor ban after strong public... |
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NZCCL on Electoral Disqualification New Zealand Council for Civil Liberties submission about the Electoral (Disqualification of... |
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Tony Ellis on Electoral Disqualification Bill Tony Ellis, Barrister, has made a submission about the Electoral (Disqualification of Convicted... |
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Tech Liberty on Copyright/Filesharing Tech Liberty has made a submission on the Copyright (Infringing File Sharing) Amendment Bill.... |
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How technology changes privacy online How much do you publish about yourself online? What can people find out about you by looking... |
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ACTA: Bad for Civil Liberties Tech Liberty has written an article about the ACTA treaty's implications for civil liberties... |
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Christchurch City Council bans cruising: Breaches freedom of movement? Christchurch City Council bans cruising: http://www.ccc.govt.nz/thecouncil/newsmedia/mediareleases... |
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Free Speech for Corporations in US The Supreme Court held that corporate funding of independent political broadcasts in candidate... |
