Articles > Newspapers > International Newspapers, Major Markets > The Press articles > September 2004

Article: Human rights report finds wrongs; Have your say on human rights

Article from:
The Press
Article date:
September 1, 2004
Author:
Copyright

The Human Rights Commission today issued its first report card on the state of human rights in New Zealand, an overview which highlights some critical areas in which the country is failing. MIKE HOULAHAN reports.

New Zealanders pride themselves on giving everyone a fair go, but Chief Human Rights Commissioner Rosslyn Noonan warns a significant number of people in this country don't enjoy the right to be respected for who they are.

As the Human Rights Commission issues its first report card on the state of human rights in New Zealand, Noonan warns it does not make happy reading for those who blissfully imagine the country to be a

Read all of this article with a FREE trial

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:

Article: New Zealand human rights record ...
Xinhua News Agency;  September 1, 2004 ;     468 words ...New Zealand human rights record healthy: official WELLINGTON ... human rights. The report, Human Rights in New Zealand Today, has been published ... and assesses the status of human rights in New Zealand. "When measured against ...

Article: Palestinian human rights group claims: Ya'alon ...
Jerusalem Post;  December 1, 2006 ;     400 words ... ... Palestinian human rights group claims ... arrested in New Zealand Byline: TALIA ... recent trip to New Zealand, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights said Thursday ... According to the human rights group, New Zealand's solicitor ...

Article: Activists accused of terrorism: government to be investigated for ...
New Internationalist;  April 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... places of work across New Zealand/Aotearoa. They arrested ... Special Rapporteur on Human Rights while Countering Terrorism ... decided to investigate the New Zealand Government over its ... 14 specific claims of human rights abuses. This is the ...

Article: Fiji human rights head queries New ...
PAC - Pacific Islands Broadcasting Association;  December 12, 2007 ;     540 words ... ... questioned the role of New Zealand and Australia in ... backing for a regional human rights commission, reports Radio New Zealand International ... whether Australia or New Zealand would accept regional rulings on human rights issues in their ...

Article: The application of international human rights law ...
Texas International Law Journal;  July 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... and characteristics of those human rights obligations, the general constitutional status of human rights treaties in New Zealand law, the legislative implementation of human rights treaties, and judicial approaches ...

Article: HUMAN RIGHTS AND SPORTING CONTACTS: New ...
New Zealand International Review;  July 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ...HUMAN RIGHTS AND SPORTING CONTACTS: New Zealand Attitudes to ... commentator, or human rights activist ... protecting New Zealand's national ... fundamental human rights embodied in ... the other was New Zealand's secular ...

Article: Human rights and social policy in New ...
Social Policy Journal of New Zealand;  March 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... and scope of New Zealand's international human rights obligations ... promotion of human rights. Those commitments ... are binding on New Zealand as a matter ... and scope of New Zealand's international human rights obligations ...

Article: NEW ZEALAND: NEW ZEALAND LAUNCHES UN ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 16, 2008 ;     445 words ... ... news release: New Zealand's bid for election ... United Nations Human Rights Council took another ... work to advance human rights standards," Mr Peters said. "New Zealand played an active ... election to the UN Human Rights Council in May ... Mr Peters said. ...

 
 
Newsweek Harper's Magazine The Washington Post Chicago Tribune Crain's Chicago Business PRNewswire Pediatric News The Nation Advertising Age The Economist (US) A FREE trial gives you access to over 80 million articles! Access over 6,500 publications with a FREE trial!

Find articles, research, and archives