Admin: Website migration
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: Facial Recognition and Human Rights
Video from our Facial Recognition and Human Rights panel discussion on 2021/02/23 featuring:
- Dr Marcin Betkier, Law lecturer, co-author of
Media release: NZ Government enabling Facebook spying on New Zealanders
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”
Aotearoa Prison & Police Watchdog
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”
Submission: Contraception, Sterilisation, and Abortion (Safe Areas) Amendment 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”
Submission: Oral re Internet Censorship (FVPC 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)”
Video: Pulse of a Nation at New Echo Systems
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”
Meeting dates of 2021
The Committee of the NZ Council for Civil Liberties make its monthly meetings open to anyone who wishes to attend,
Webinar: Top of the world – but is this real?
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
New Ec(h)o systems: Democracy in the Age of Social Media
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”
Aotearoa’s Data Strategy
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”
Submission: Protected Disclosures
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”
Submission: Firearms Prohibition Orders
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”
Chairperson’s Report 2020
Issues and Events in NZ
The Council started off 2020 well with our policy and strategy sessions putting us in … Keep reading “Chairperson’s Report 2020”
Panel: Facial Recognition & Human Rights
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”
Urgency and overreach is not democracy
We are disappointed that the government recently passed a law that would have been highly contentious if it hadn’t been … Keep reading “Urgency and overreach is not democracy”
Media release: Government’s dangerous statement about encryption doesn’t make sense
Today the government announced that, while it supported the use of encryption on the internet, it was proposing to fatally … Keep reading “Media release: Government’s dangerous statement about encryption doesn’t make sense”
Joint calls for overhaul of OIA
The Child Poverty Action Group, Greenpeace, Forest and Bird, JustSpeak, New Zealand Council for Civil Liberties and Amnesty International are … Keep reading “Joint calls for overhaul of OIA”
2020 Election: what we’d like to see from the parties
The 2020 election is approaching and the political parties are starting to make their promises. Rather than score the parties' … Keep reading “2020 Election: what we’d like to see from the parties”