Prisoners and the Right to Vote
Prior to 16 December 2010 prisoners who had been sentenced to preventative detention or imprisoned for a term of 3 … Keep reading “Prisoners and the Right to Vote”
Liberty Watch – March 2011
Round-up of civil liberty news for March 2011 (final version updated on 3/4/2011).
Law Societies Concerns over Alcohol Reform bill
… Keep reading “Liberty Watch – March 2011”MyFone
MyFone.mobi is a device that enables people to view both the traffic and the content of texts from other people's … Keep reading “MyFone”
Council Requirements for Mown Lawns
One of the more intriguing inquiries received by NZCCL has been about council requirements for ratepayers to mow their lawns, … Keep reading “Council Requirements for Mown Lawns”
Submissions on the Criminal Procedure Reform Bill
Tony Ellis has made a submission on the Criminal Procedure (Reform and Modernisation) Bill, raising some issues with the … Keep reading “Submissions on the Criminal Procedure Reform Bill”
Gang Patches in Whanganui
The NZ Council for Civil Liberties is gratified that the High Court has ruled that the law banning gang insignia … Keep reading “Gang Patches in Whanganui”
Riff-Raff are people too
The New Zealand Council for Civil Liberties is alarmed and dismayed that a bunch of business people can think they … Keep reading “Riff-Raff are people too”
Submission: Review of Official Information Act
The Council's submission to the Law Commission's review of the Official Information Act.
1. Aims and Purposes
The New Zealand … Keep reading “Submission: Review of Official Information Act”
SIS Amendment Bill extends powers?
The SIS Amendment Bill has been introduced along with its Regulatory Impact Statement.
The authors of the Bill describe … Keep reading “SIS Amendment Bill extends powers?”
Round-up: Search & Surveillance Bill
A round-up of what people are saying about the latest version of the Search & Surveillance Bill.
The report … Keep reading “Round-up: Search & Surveillance Bill”
Chairperson’s Report for 2009-2010
Chairperson's Report To Members At The Annual General Meeting Of The New Zealand Council For Civil Liberties Inc Held On … Keep reading “Chairperson’s Report for 2009-2010”
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 not … Keep reading “Personal account of NZCCL AGM and BOR Talk”
Guest post: The Police Arms Race
Guest post by Michael Bott
Greg O’Connor wants all Police to be armed. The Prime Minster John Key thinks that
… Keep reading “Guest post: The Police Arms Race” 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 of Rights … Keep reading “Encouraging conversations about justified limitations on rights”
NZCCL Annual General Meeting – Nov 10th
The Annual General Meeting of the New Zealand Council for Civil Liberties will be at 12:30pm on Wednesday the 10th … Keep reading “NZCCL Annual General Meeting – Nov 10th”
Changes to name suppression laws
The government has announced plans to implement the recommendations of the Law Commission to change the laws around name suppression. … Keep reading “Changes to name suppression laws”
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 the first … Keep reading “Summary of the Issues Paper re the Official Information Act”
Constitutional lawyers reject the special powers Earthquake Act
A group of constitutional lawyers and law professors have expressed their concerns about the Canterbury Earthquake Response and Recovery Act … Keep reading “Constitutional lawyers reject the special powers Earthquake Act”
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 Order to … Keep reading “Select Committee make a mistake, recommends giving all current prisoners the vote”
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 all prisoners should … Keep reading “Disappointment as select committee recommends taking vote from prisoners”