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”
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”
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”
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”
We were recently asked if we would provide feedback on the government’s draft Covid-19 Public Health Response Bill. This … Keep reading “NZCCL response to the Covid-19 Public Health Response Bill”
The New Zealand Council for Civil Liberties endorses and co-signs the letter from the OGP Steering Committee about Covid-19 and … Keep reading “Co-signed: Statement on the COVID-19 response from civil society members of OGP Steering Committee”
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”
Douglas Ewen, barrister and member of the NZCCL, has written to Solicitor-General Una Jagose about what he views as unreasonable … Keep reading “Guest post: Bail can’t be subverted for COVID-19 purposes”
The Council made a submission on the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Vaping) Amendment Bill due to our concerns with
Some useful articles about civil liberties during a pandemic. Last updated 7 May 2020.
Coronavirus Tech Handbook – … Keep reading “Pandemic response – recommended reading”
The NZ Council for Civil Liberties has co-signed the open letter from Just Speak calling for an end to the … Keep reading “End the Police Armed Response Team trials”
There is no doubt that our government will need to take on exceptional powers to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic … Keep reading “Civil liberties during a pandemic”
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”
We are hosting a panel discussion about Statistics New Zealand’s Algorithm Charter, at 6:00pm on Wednesday, 26 February in … Keep reading “Algorithm Charter – panel discussion”
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”
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