BANGLADESH NEWS NET: Monday 5th March, 2007 (IANS)
The minister in charge of New Zealand prisons has ordered an inquiry … Keep reading “New Zealand government orders probe into prisoner’s baby”
ONE NEWS: 6:20PM Wednesday April 11, 2007
ONE News has discovered police are looking at the radical new way of … Keep reading “Skin tests proposed for drinking drivers”
NZ HERALD 5:00AM Tuesday May 08, 2007
Criminal Justice Reform Bill
NZ HERALD 5:00AM Thursday Jun 14, 2007
The Government’s main response to the Ombudsman’s damning report on the transport of … Keep reading “Civil rights threat may shackle Government”
THE DOMINION POST: 26/09/2007
Wellington civil liberties lawyer Tony Ellis said he did not believe Ms Simpson had solid grounds … Keep reading “Cleavage complaint likely to fail”
THE DOMINION POST: 12/11/2007
An online identity verification system recently proposed by the Government could be manipulated against the public, … Keep reading “Civil Liberties fears online ID system”
NZ HERALD 5:00AM Saturday Feb 16, 2008
Prime Minister Helen Clark yesterday announced a raft of proposals, including a ban … Keep reading “Retailers get behind spray ban”
NZPA: Thursday, 28 August 2008
The New Zealand Council for Civil Liberties has slammed the “rubber stamping” process for approving … Keep reading “Civil liberties council slams Taser decision”
NZLawyer, issue 98, 3 October 2008
Bott said that a proposed power for police to detain people went beyond any … Keep reading “Are we creeping towards a surveillance state?”
POLICE TEAMS set up to … Keep reading “Police anti-terror squad spies on protest groups”
A leaked Law Commission paper has questioned whether a new measure to allow … Keep reading “Law advisers question domestic violence move”
The United Nations Committee Against Torture says it is “deeply concerned” about New … Keep reading “UN expresses concern about Tasers in NZ”
Council of Civil Liberties chairman and barrister Michael Bott says …it raises a whole different … Keep reading “Concern over new jail cells: Civil Liberties concerned about humaneness of proposal to house prison inmates in shipping containers”
A new bill that would force people to reveal relevant evidence will leave
… Keep reading “Libertarians slam new law forcing witnesses to speak up”NZCCL appears in the news from time to time, these are some of those articles.
Recommendations from the Committee Against Torture makes numerous recommendations which have wide-ranging implications for the New Zealand Government.
In April 2009, NZCCL former President, Tony Ellis lodged a Shadow Report, below, with the United Nations Human Rights Committee … Keep reading “United Nations Human Rights Committee – Shadow Report”
In 2008, the New Zealand Council for Civil Liberties and its former President, Tony Ellis lodged a complaint with the … Keep reading “United Nations Special Rapporteur”
In its submission, NZCCL indicates that the Bill breaches the 1990 Bill of Rights Act, as well as the International … Keep reading “Sentencing and Parole Reform Bill 2009”
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