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Statement: End of Mission to New Zealand, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing, 12 February 2020
Submissions due on Budget 2020: Cut military spending / support children's rights, Peace Movement Aotearoa - deadline is 24 January 2020
UN Human Rights Committee decision on climate refugees, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 20 January 2020
Arms Legislation Bill submissions open, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 26 September 2019
Climate complaint to UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 25 September 2019
12th anniversary of the adoption of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 12 September 2019
Incorporating tikanga Maori into the constitutional arrangements, Claire Charters, 26 August 2019
Protect Ihumatao, ongoing
International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, 9 August 2019
Adoption of New Zealand's UPR Outcome Document by the Human Rights Council, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 4 July 2019
Increased militarisation of youth training: New Youth Development Facility Opened, NZ government, 1 June 2019
Hikoi for Ihumaatao, in Wellington on 12 March 2019
On International Women's Day ... Peace Movement Aotearoa, 8 March 2019
Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific Day, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 1 March 2019
‣ on Facebook ‣ formatted for printing ‣ on Twitter
Government request for feedback on UPR recommendations on New Zealand, 27 February 2019 - the feedback deadline is 13 March 2019
Image to share: We support Te Tiriti, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 6 February 2019
Treaty / Human Rights: UPR recommendations on NZ, 25 January 2019
Third Universal Periodic Review of New Zealand's human rights record, January 2019
Formal complaint lodged with UN over New Zealand's prisoner voting ban, TVNZ News, 22 January 2019
Human Rights Day, 12 December 2018: Some issues for Aotearoa New Zealand
‣ Post #1 ‣ Post #2 ‣ Post #3 ‣ Post #4 ‣ Post #5
11th anniversary of the adoption of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 13 September 2018
Waitangi Tribunal releases Te Rohe Potae report, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 12 September 2018
Eighth Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions: New Zealand statements, 3 and 4 September 2018
Killer robots are on the way - who will stop them? Deep disappointment in GGE meeting outcome, Aotearoa New Zealand Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, 1 September 2018
Killer robots: Will New Zealand step up this week? Aotearoa New Zealand Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, 27 August 2018
Killer robots fail key moral, legal test: Principles and public conscience call for preemptive ban, Human Rights Watch, 21 August 2018 ‣ includes link to Heed the Call: A Moral and Legal Imperative to Ban Killer Robots
Eighth anniversary of the Convention on Cluster Munitions' entry into force, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 2 August 2018
Podcast: Six experts explain the killer robots debate, Future of Life Institute, 30 July 2018
NZ Women’s Rights: UN Experts Recommendations - Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women’s Concluding Observations on New Zealand, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 24 July 2018
AI companies, researchers, engineers, scientists, entrepreneurs, and others sign pledge promising not to develop lethal autonomous weapons, Future of Life Institute, 18 July 2018
Live tonight: UN Committee examines NZ on women's rights, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 12 July 2018
Parliamentary actions in Europe, Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, 10 July 2018
European Parliament adopts resolution supporting starting negotiations to ban fully autonomous weapons, Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, 6 July 2018
'Belgium is first country in the world to ban killer robots', via Pax Christi Vlaanderen, 5 July 2018
Position paper calling on the international community to support nonviolent policy options for sustainable peace, Pax Christi International, 31 May 2018
OPAC 18: NZ featured in new report on child soldiers, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 25 May 2018
Budget 2018: Military spending increases again, time for alternative thinking, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 17 May 2018
Global military spending increases again, will NZ's in this year's Budget? Peace Movement Aotearoa, 2 May 2018
Submission points: Draft Guidelines for Schools Developing a Firearms Policy, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 6 April 2018 - the deadline for submissions is 11 April 2018
2018 CCW Group of Governmental Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems, 9 to 13 April 2018
NZ Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: UN Experts Recommendations - Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights’ Concluding Observations on New Zealand, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 4 April 2018
UN Committee examines NZ government's performance on economic, social and cultural rights, Peace Movement Aotearoa, March 2018
Reminder: NZ SAS Afghanistan civilian casualties inquiry petition, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 9 March 2018
Vigils on 8 March to mourn suicide deaths in prison, People Against Prisons Aotearoa, March 2018
Today is Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific Day, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 1 March 2018 ‣ On Facebook ‣ Formatted for printing
MFAT meetings about New Zealand's 3rd cycle Universal Periodic Review, 14 February to 12 March 2018
UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights to assess NZ's performance in March 2018, Peace Movement Aotearoa - the deadline for NGO reports is 15 February 2018
We support the Treaty, Peace Movement Aotearoa / Quaker Treaty Relationships Group, February 2018
Moana Jackson honoured with Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, Ngati Kahungunu / Peace Movement Aotearoa, 15 December 2017
UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights to assess NZ's performance in March 2018, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 20 November 2017
New Zealand's third Universal Periodic Review (UPR) will begin in 2018, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 8 September 2017
Conference on the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Te Papa, 5 and 6 September 2017
Racial Discrimination: UN Committee recommendations on New Zealand, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 29 August 2017
World’s top AI and robotics companies urge United Nations to ban lethal autonomous weapons, 20 August 2017
Interview: Mask slipping on institutional racism, Waatea News / Peace Movement Aotearoa, 15 August 2017 ‣ Interview overview ‣ Full interview
UN Committee examines NZ government's performance on racial discrimination, Peace Movement Aotearoa, August 2017
Information for NGOs: UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination will consider the government's performance during its 93rd Session in August 2017, Peace Movement Aotearoa, June 2017
UN Conference to Negotiate a Legally Binding Instrument to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons, second negotiating session: 15 June - 7 July 2017
UN Conference to Negotiate a Legally Binding Instrument to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons, first negotiating session: 27 - 31 March 2017
Negotiations for a global ban on nuclear weapons are on the way, iCAN Aotearoa New Zealand, 28 October 2016
Independence Day 2016, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 28 October 2016
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities comes into effect in New Zealand, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 28 October 2016
Moana Jackson: 'Race, power and prisons', Peace Movement Aotearoa forum in Wellington on 25 October 2016 - Facebook event - A4 poster
New Zealand children: UN Committee "deeply concerned" - UN Committee expresses deep concern about the enduring high prevalence of poverty among children and a range of other issues, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 10 October 2016 - on Facebook - formatted for printing
UN Committee on the Rights of the Child considers New Zealand’s performance, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 15 September 2016 - on Facebook - formatted for printing
Letter to the Minister of Foreign Affairs re NZ's position on killer robots, Aotearoa New Zealand Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, 7 April 2016
UN Committees assess New Zealand's human rights performance under the ICCPR and the ICESCR, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 1 April 2016 - on Facebook - formatted for printing
UN Human Rights Committee examines NZ's performance next week, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 11 March 2016
Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific Day, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 1 March 2016
We support the Treaty: TPPA / Waitangi Day, Peace Movement Aotearoa / Quaker Treaty Relationships Group, February 2016
RNZ Interview: Families vs frigate combat upgrade, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 5 February 2016
TPPA vs Military Spending, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 3 February 2016
He Whakaaro Here Whakaumu Mo Aotearoa: The Report of Matike Mai Aotearoa - The Independent Working Group on Constitutional Transformation, January 2016
Banning nuclear weapons, killer robots and explosive weapons: humanitarian disarmament forum, Wellington, 21 December 2015 - on Facebook - A4 poster
Urgent appeal for support, Peace Movement Aotearoa, December 2015
Applications for 2016 Peace Scholarships open on Human Rights Day, White Poppies for Peace, 10 December 2015
International Day of Persons with Disabilities, 3 December 2015
Military Expenditure, Public Spending and the Rights of the Child - Submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child on Draft General Comment on Article 4 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child: Public Spending, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 1 December 2015
Human rights and climate change, OHCHR, 1 December 2015
Solidarity with West Papua on 1 December in Aotearoa New Zealand, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 1 December 2015 - Photo album
Preliminary Analysis: New Zealand National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 23 October 2015 - On Facebook - Formatted for printing
Submissions due: Draft government report to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, deadline is 28 September 2015
Banning nuclear weapons, killer robots and explosive weapons: humanitarian disarmament forum in Wellington on 24 August 2015 - on Facebook - A4 poster
High Court decision on prisoners' right to vote, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 24 July 2015
Submission to the Human Rights Committee for the General Discussion on Article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights: Right to Life, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 26 June 2015
Public consultation: Defence White Paper 2015, Peace Movement Aotearoa, June 2015
- submissions are due on 22 June 2015
Implementation of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Implications for Aotearoa New Zealand, public lecture by Professor James Anaya, 11 June 2015
- A4 poster - On Facebook
Committee Against Torture: Concluding Observations on New Zealand, Peace Movement Aotearoa,
16 May 2015 - Formatted for printing - On Facebook
International Conscientious Objection Day, War Resisters International, 15 May 2015
UN Committee Against Torture assesses NZ tomorrow, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 20 April 2015 - Formatted for printing - On Facebook - On Scoop
Military deployment in Iraq? Not In Our Name, Peace Movement Aotearoa, February 2015
Updated 'Treaty of Waitangi: Questions and Answers' released, Network Waitangi, 5 February 2015
Applications for 2015 Peace Scholarships open on Human Rights Day, White Poppies for Peace, 9 December 2014 - On Facebook - On Scoop - Formatted for printing
Legislation "a travesty of democratic process", Peace Movement Aotearoa,
27 November 2014 - on Facebook - on Scoop
Submission: Countering Terrorist Fighters Legislation Bill, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 27 November 2014
Urgent Action Alert: Countering Terrorist Fighters Legislation Bill - 24 hours for public submissions, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 26 November 2014
World Conference on Indigenous Peoples, 22 and 23 September 2014
- information and links - photos
Disability rights: UN Committee examines NZ's performance next week, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 11 September 2014
Report on New Zealand released, UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 28 August 2014
- comment on Facebook - read the report
Adoption of the Outcome Report of the second Universal Periodic Review of New Zealand, 19 June 2014
NZ human rights report to be adopted tomorrow, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 18 June 2014
Universal Periodic Review: NZ government's response released, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 21 May 2014 - web page - Facebook
Institutional racism in the criminal justice system, interview with Kim Workman (Rethinking Crime and Punishment) and links to more information, 9 April 2014
Statement on New Zealand, UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, 7 April 2014
Global Day of Action on Military Spending 2014: details for Aotearoa New Zealand, Peace Movement Aotearoa, April 2014
Visit: UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Angela Kane, 3 to 10 April 2014
Arbitrary Detention: UN expert group launches first information-gathering visit to New Zealand, OHCHR, 19 March 2014
Waihopai Ploughshares: Crown drops damages claim, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 5 February 2014 - Facebook - Formatted for printing
Preliminary analysis of NZ’s Universal Periodic Review Outcome, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 30 January 2014 - formatted for printing - on Facebook
Updates on New Zealand's second Universal Periodic Review, Peace Movement Aotearoa, January - February 2014
UN to examine NZ's human rights performance next week, Peace Movement Aotearoa,
24 January 2014 - Facebook - Scoop - Fuseworks Media - Yahoo News - Formatted for printing
World War One anniversary discussion meetings, Peace Movement Aotearoa, Ongoing
International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, 9 August 2013
Support the Treaty: Submissions due 31 July 2013, Peace Movement Aotearoa, July 2013
Universal Periodic Review of New Zealand government's performance on human rights, Peace Movement Aotearoa - the deadline for NGO reports is 17 June 2013
Call for action: Support the Treaty, June 2013 - Web page - On Facebook
Letter to the Minister of Foreign Affairs re UN Human Rights Council and lethal autonomous robotics, Aotearoa New Zealand Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, 23 May 2013 - Report on lethal autonomous robotics, UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions (A/HRC/23/47, 2013)
Report into Operation Eight finds Police acted unlawfully, Independent Police Conduct Authority, 22 May 2013
Racial Discrimination: UN Committee recommendations on New Zealand, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 2 March 2013 - Formatted - On Facebook - Yahoo News
UN Committee examines NZ government's performance on racial discrimination, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 20 February 2013 - Background information - Information on the 82nd session. Media release - on Facebook - on Scoop
UN Committee examines NZ government's performance on racial discrimination, Peace Movement Aotearoa, December 2012 - the deadline for NGO reports is 31 January 2013
New resource Time for change: A framework for community discussion on values-based and Treaty-based constitutional arrangements, Peace Movement Aotearoa, December 2012 - webpage - on Facebook
Applications for 2013 White Poppy Peace Scholarships open on Human Rights Day, White Poppies for Peace, 10 December 2012 - Facebook - Formatted document
West Papua Independence Day: Solidarity with West Papua in Wellington on 29 November 2012 - Details on Facebook - A4 poster - Photos
West Papua, gender and human rights: a special discussion forum with Frederika (Rika) Korain, Va'aomanu Pasifika / Pacific Studies Programme and Peace Movement Aotearoa, in Wellington on 20 November 2012
WAI 2358: Interim Report on the National Freshwater and Geothermal Resources Claim, Waitangi Tribunal, 24 August 2012
NGO opportunities: UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 2012 NZ Diversity Forum, August 2012
Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women: New Zealand, CEDAW/C/NZL/CO/7, 27 July 2012
Letter to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination re the Immigration Amendment Bill 2012, Refugee Council of New Zealand, 16 July 2012
UN report: government's performance on economic, social and cultural rights, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 22 May 2012 - also available on Scoop
Social Security (Youth Support and Work Focus) Amendment Bill, some comments about the Bill are available here, see pages 27 to 32 - deadline is Friday, 13 April 2012
Submissions on the Mixed Ownership Model Bill - deadline is Friday, 13 April 2012
NGO information for the 48th session of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 5 April 2012
Submission on SOE privatisation (mixed ownership model), Peace Movement Aotearoa, 22 February 2012
Ten Things You Should Know About the Government's Proposal to Partially Privatize State Assets, Carwyn Jones, 16 February 2012
Template submissions for Maori to use regarding the partial privatisation of power generating state owned enterprises, Te Kawa a Maui, 13 February 2012
- A concise version - An extensive version
Submissions on SOE privatisation (mixed ownership model) - deadline is 22 February 2012
Information for NGOs: Draft government report to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Peace Movement Aotearoa - deadline is 30 September 2011
Statement from the West Papua solidarity gathering at Nga Wai o Horotiu, Tamaki Makaurau / Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand, 8 September 2011 - text - pdf
Government Constitutional Advisory Panel announced, 4 August 2011 - updates, comments and resources on constitutional transformation and the government's constitutional review are available on this page
WAI 262 report: Links and Waitangi Tribunal media release, 2 July 2011
UN NGO Consultation on the relationship between human rights and the environment, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights - deadline is Friday, 10 June 2011
UN NGO Consultation on the Right to Peace, UN Human Rights Council, closing date is Friday, 27 May 2011
UN Committee examines NZ government's performance on economic, social and cultural rights, Peace Movement Aotearoa, May 2011
Global Day of Action on Military Spending: 12 April 2011, Peace Movement Aotearoa
'Law into Action: Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Aotearoa New Zealand', Human Rights Foundation, 16 March 2011
The situation of Maori people in New Zealand: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, James Anaya, 17 February 2011
UN Committee on the Rights of the Child: Concluding Observations on New Zealand released, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 5 February 2011
UN Committee examines NZ government's performance on child rights, January 2011
Private prison contract goes to nuclear weapons company, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 14 December 2010
Constitutional issues review announced, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 8 December 2010
NZ Security Intelligence Service Amendment Bill 2010, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 6 December 2010
Solidarity with West Papua on 1 December 2010, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 29 November 2010 - updated with photos on 1 December
Reminder: submissions on the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Bill - the closing date is Friday, 19 November 2010
NZ Press Council Ruling on the NZ Herald's coverage of the UN Human Rights Committee, Case number 2130, August 2010
Visit of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of Indigenous People, 18 to 23 July 2010
Making the Declaration Work: The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, edited by Claire Charters and Rodolfo Stavenhagen, IWGIA, December 2009 - more copies now available, July 2010
Foreshore and Seabed Act repeal: commentary and resources, Peace Movement Aotearoa, ongoing
UN Committee examines NZ government's performance on civil and political rights, Peace Movement Aotearoa, March 2010
Solidarity with West Papua on 1 December 2009, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 27 November 2009 - updated with photos
NGO oral interventions to the UN Human Rights Council on New Zealand's Universal Periodic Review, 24 September 2009:
A primer on making written submissions to the Ministerial Foreshore and Seabed Review Panel, Moana Jackson, April 2009
Submissions due: Foreshore and Seabed Act Ministerial Review, Peace Movement Aotearoa, April 2009
UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples' petition to parliament - the first presentation of signatures to parliament was on 10 December 2008, the final deadline for return of signatures is 15 April 2009. Please note, signatures must be submitted on the printed form or they will not be accepted by the Office of the Clerk. If you have any difficulty opening or printing this petition, please contact us and we will post copies to you.
Campaign Against the Taser to monitor taser use after rollout, Campaign Against the Taser, 12 December 2008
Act now to support the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Peace Movement Aotearoa, updated 11 December 2008
UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples' petition: presentation to parliament on Human Rights Day, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 10 December 2008 - photos and speech notes
Universal Periodic Review: submissions on the NZ government's human rights record - deadlines are: Thursday, 23 October for joint NGO submissions; Monday, 10 November for single NGO submissions
Act now to support the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 13 September 2008 - see updated edition, December 2008, above
Taser decision unprincipled and dangerous, Campaign Against the Taser, 29 August 2008
International Day of the World's Indigenous People, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 8 August 2008
Investing in whose future? NZ Super Fund invests in cluster munitions, nuclear weapons and human rights violations, No WARP! April 2008 - if you have any difficulty opening or printing this leaflet, please contact us and we will post copies to you
Act now! NZ Superannuation Fund investments in death and destruction, No WARP! 15 April 2008 - if you have any difficulty opening or printing this action alert, please contact us and we will post copies to you
Act now: taser gun decision due soon, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 20 December 2007
NZ 'terrorism': human rights violations, Contribution to 'Burn this CD: Responses to October 15', Peace Movement Aotearoa, December 2007
Stun guns in Aotearoa New Zealand? The shocking trial. A Report on the New Zealand Police Taser Trial, 1 September 2006 - 1 September 2007, Campaign Against the Taser, December 2007
Campaign Against the Taser releases report on Taser trial, 14 December 2007
Weaving web of secrecy is ‘playing with fire’, Syed Akbar Kamal, 5 December 2007
The role of non-governmental organisations in defending human rights: Reflections on the Zaoui case - with guest speakers Deborah Manning and Ahmed Zaoui, at the Human Rights Foundation AGM, 4 December 2007 in Auckland
Anti-terrorism law, dawn raids, and human rights - a public meeting with guest speaker Moana Jackson, 28 November 2007 in Lower Hutt
Labour votes Treaty out again says Maori Party, Te Ururoa Flavell, 16 November 2007
Terrorism law change boosts PM's powers, Dominion Post, 14 November 2007
Police may get more scope to bug phones, The Dominion Post, 13 November 2007
'Terror' raids: human rights in Aotearoa hui, 3 and 4 November, at Tapu Te Ranga Marae, Wellington
Reports of errors in US database, Hank Schouten, 30 October 2007
Concern over removal of natural justice from Immigration Bill, Caritas Aotearoa, 26 October 2007
NZ "terrorism" in perspective, started 15 October 2007 - ongoing
Anti-terror law change 'fascist', Dominion Post, 25 October 2007
Counter-terrorism law changes pass second reading, Radio NZ, 25 October 2007
Submissions due: Immigration Bill 2007, closing date is Friday, 2 November 2007
Public meeting called to discuss draconian Immigration Bill, Human Rights Foundation, Amnesty International and the Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand, 2 October 2007
Case against arming police, John Minto, 1 October 2007
Zaoui – The Final Chapter? Gordon Campbell, 14 September 2007
NZ votes against indigenous peoples' rights at the UN as Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is adopted by overwhelming majority, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 14 September 2007 - includes UN News article and UN DPI summary of NZ government's statement
On the International Day of the World's Indigenous People, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 9 August 2007 - includes an update on the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and information on NZ government investments in companies involved in the violation of indigenous peoples' human rights
The new Immigration Bill and the Zaoui case, Gordon Campbell, 9 August 2007
Commission urges full review of terrorism legislation, Human Rights Commission, 9 August 2007
Submission on Terrorism Suppression Amendment Bill, New Zealand Law Society, 8 August 2007
UN Committee examines NZ government's performance on racial discrimination, 29 July 2007, with updates from 30 July onwards
Report on Search And Surveillance Powers, Law Commission, 30 June 2007
High Court bypassed under new anti-terror Bill, Joseph Barratt, 27 June 2007
Act now! UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 15 June 2007 - html version - pdf version
Human rights eroded in the name of counter-terrorism, New Zealand Law Foundation, 5 June 2007
New anti-terrorism legislation a threat to academic freedom says AUS, Association of University Staff, 24 May 2007
Terrorism amendment bill a threat to our civil liberties, John Minto, 14 May 2007
Resistance: An Indigenous Response to Neoliberalism, launched 1 May 2007
Repeal Section 59 of the Crimes Act, ongoing
'Negligent Neighbour: NZ's complicity in
the invasion and occupation of Timor-Leste', by Maire Leadbeater, released 12 February 2007
On Waitangi Day: fly the Maori Flag / Maori flags over Aotearoa, Te Tino Toa, 1 February 2007
 2006
Submissions: Education Curriculum and the Treaty of Waitangi - due 30 November 2006
Submissions on the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Deletion Bill - due 20 October 2006
Submissions on Treaty claims deadline - due 18 August 2006
Act today for indigenous peoples' rights, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 27 June 2006 (updated 29 June)
'Mission to New Zealand' - Report of Rodolfo Stavenhagen, the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of Indigenous Peoples, dated 13 March 2006, released 4 April 2006
Act now! for Indigenous Peoples' Rights, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 8 March 2006 - html version - pdf version
NZ SAS deployments to Afghanistan breach defence policy on human rights, Peace Movement Aotearoa leaflet updated March 2006
Violence against children - repeal Section 59 of the Crimes Act: submissions on the Crimes (Abolition of Force as a Justification for Child Discipline) Amendment Bill, deadline 28 February 2006
2005
NZ Nukes Indigenous Peoples Right to Self-Determination at the UN, American Indian Law Alliance, 14 December 2005
NZ SAS deployment breaches defence policy on human rights, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 2 June 2005
United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) critical of Foreshore and Seabed Act; plus response to the CERD decision, March 2005
2004
'New' policy: unfair, unjust and unnecessary, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 7 April 2004
Big Brother is watching ... and photographing ... and fingerprinting, Keith Locke,4 April 2004
Big brother is in the house, Gordon Campbell, 3 April 2004
Passports Act changes pose threat to citizenship rights, Keith Locke, 28 March 2004
Alert! NZ military escalation in Afghanistan, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 9 March 2004
WAI 1071 Waitangi Tribunal Report on the Foreshore and Seabed, 8 March 2004
Letter to Helen Clark 'Foreshore and seabed: protecting both public access and customary rights', Human Rights Commission, released in January 2004
2003
Government foreshore and seabed policy breaches basic human rights, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 23 December 2003
No raupatu in our time! Peace Movement Aotearoa, 28 October 2003
Police put in big effort to counter terrorism, NZPA, 21 October 2003
Zaoui plays touch as lawyers prepare high court bid, NZPA, 20 October 2003
Security risk law seriously flawed, NZ Herald Editorial, 18 October 2003
Zaoui supporters slam Dalziel claims, Catherine Masters, 18 October 2003
Minister blames Zaoui's lawyers for asylum delays, NZPA, 17 October 2003
Move ends Zaoui's isolation, Catherine Masters, 17 October 2003
Zaoui takes freedom bid to High Court, Catherine Masters, 16 October 2003
Friend shocked at Zaoui's state, Catherine Masters, 14 October 2003
Zaoui victim of mental torture, Keith Locke, 6 October 2003
Act now! Foreshore and Seabed Submissions, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 29 September 2003
Tariana Turia interview on racism and Paul Holmes' 'cheeky darkie' comments, 26 September 2003
Corrections Bill axes Maori participation in prisons, Iwi Whanui O Tamaki Makaurau, 18 September 2003
The Border Security Bill: Unnecessary and Undesirable - A Submission to the Government Services Committee, Dr David Small, presented on 11 September 2003
Submissions on 'Foreshore and seabed: protecting public access and customary rights', 18 August 2003
Some Core Values for Resolving the Foreshore and Seabed Issue, Te Hau Tikanga, the Maori Law Commission, 16 August 2003
Discussion framework on customary rights to the foreshore and seabed, Te Ope Mana a Tai, 16 August 2003
The running man - will Ahmed Zaoui, despite being granted refugee status, ultimately be the victim of political calculations? Alistair Bone, 16 August 2003
Press Release: Foreshore and Seabed - Draft Principles, Te Tau Ihu Iwi, 11 August 2003
Act now for Ahmed Zaoui, Anglican Social Justice Commission / Peace Movement Aotearoa, 7 August 2003
Police name suppression bill passes first hurdle, NZPA, 31 July 2003
Maori Call for Informed Debate On Foreshore Issues - 'Te Takutai Moana' released today, Annette Sykes and Leonie Pihama, 30 July 2003
Pakeha support Maori customary title - Open letter to Helen Clark, Margaret Wilson, and Michael Cullen, 28 July 2003
Support the Paeroa Declaration, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 14 July 2003
Waitara shooting behind changes, NZPA, 15 May 2003
Alert! the 2003 land confiscation plan, Peace Movement Aotearoa, June / July 2003
Counter Terrorism Bill - submissions due on 9 May 2003
2002
Treatment of refugees scrutinised, Helen Tunnah, 4 November 2002
Plant Variety Rights and Patent Acts under review, PMA/Arena - deadline for submissions is 26 July 2002
Police search and seizure inquiry, closing date 30 June 2002
2001
Our double standard law misses the legal terrorists, Dr Peter R Wills, 5 December 2001
'New' PCA? Background summary, PMA, 10 May 2001
Te Whainga: A search for an Independent Police Complaints Authority 10 May 2001
2000
Freedom in New Zealand - the criminalisation of dissent, Aziz Choudry, 22 December 2000
Police And Political Protest, Aziz Choudry, 22 December 2000
Shannon Leonard's death in Mt Eden Prison, Nandor Tanczos, 13 December 2000
Police actions at Jiang Zemin protests point to deeper problem, GATT Watchdog, 12 December 2000
Select Committee recommendations clarify rights to protest, Green Party, 12 December 2000
Cannabis Inquiry submissions due by 7 Feb 2001, NORML 7 December 2000
Re-evaluation of the Human Rights Protections in New Zealand Report, PMA, 28 November 2000
Statement to the Commission on Human Rights on self determination, land and resources, Mäori Legal Service and Ka Lahui Hawai'i, 22 November 2000
UN Working Group on the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Mäori Legal Service, 22 November 2000
Alert, VUW Women's Studies, November 2000
Official Statement of the Indigenous Peoples Conference regarding 'holocaust’, Wellington, 8 September 2000
Personal statement, Tariana Turia, 5 September 2000
Distortion of Tariana Turia's speech, Maire Leadbeater, 5 September 2000
Tariana Turia's speech well received, Les Gray, 4 September 2000
Update: Denial of the effects of colonisation ?, PMA, 4 September 2000
Corso Media release re: Indigenous Holocaust, 31 August 2000
Denial of the effects of colonisation? PMA, 31 August 2000
Tariana Turia's speech notes, 29 August 2000
Update: Draft Declaration on Indigenous People Rights, WILPF, 25 August 2000
Human rights in foreign policy, WILPF (Aotearoa), July 2000
Committee to review MMP established, 27 July 2000
Paul Swain's Police Cybersnooping Proposal Open To Abuse 25 July 2000
Submissions due: Human rights for all or only for some ?, PMA, due 7 July 2000, 3 July 2000
Police Complaints review long overdue, 22 June 2000
Goff To Review Police Complaints Authority, 21 June 2000
Submissions due: Inquiry into the role of human rights in foreign policy, 23 May 2000
Submissions due: Same-Sex Couples and the Law, 27 January 2000
1999
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 12 December 1999
International Human Rights Day, Kofi Anan, 12 December 1999
Human Rights Day, Mary Robinson, 12 December 1999
Amnesty International headquarters raises concerns about asylum-seekers with government, 4 November 1999
Statement from Ohiwa protesters, 21 January 1999
1998
Human Rights Amendment Bill Update, 4 November 1998
Human Rights Amendment Bill, 28 September 1998
Letter to Jenny Shipley, 21 August 1998
Proposed Amendment to the Human Rights Act to be introduced into Parliament in August, 12 August 1998
Don't let the Government backtrack on human rights Meeting 13 August 1998, 10 August 1998
Support the International Declaration of Human Rights, 27 July 1998
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