• Prisoners in New Zealand are afforded numerous, but not all, human rights. Criticisms by a United Nations report in 2014 highlighted various issues that...
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    Punishment in Australia Indonesian children in Australian prisons Prisoners' rights in New Zealand Voting rights of prisoners in New Zealand Human rights in Vanuatu...
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  • The voting rights of prisoners in New Zealand have changed numerous times since the first election in New Zealand in 1853, with prisoners experiencing...
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    Bill of Rights. The High Court of New Zealand in Taylor v Attorney-General issued an unprecedented declaration that the restriction on prisoners voting...
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    New Zealand Forced marriage in New Zealand Prostitution in New Zealand Prisoners' rights in New Zealand Unreasonable search and seizure in New Zealand Capital...
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    Taunoa v Attorney-General (category Human rights abuses in New Zealand)
    case in the Supreme Court of New Zealand concerning breaches of prisoners' Bill of Rights protected rights by the Department of Corrections in the Behaviour...
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    ill prisoners would undeniably violate their human dignity. The 2004 review of Human Rights in New Zealand stated that the vulnerability of people in detention...
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  • visits so that prisoners can preserve intimate bonds with their partners. Prisoners are to be searched before being allowed a visit. In 2010, an inmate...
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    Taylor v Attorney-General (category Human rights abuses in New Zealand)
    a New Zealand High Court judgment which made a formal declaration that a statute that prohibited prisoners from voting is inconsistent with the New Zealand...
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    Australia. Between 2009 and 2016, there was a 42 per cent increase in New Zealand–born prisoners in Australian prisons. Attempts by the Queensland Government to...
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    The human history of New Zealand can be dated back to between 1320 and 1350 CE, when the main settlement period started, after it was discovered and settled...
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    New Zealand is 21st in terms of its representation of women in Parliament. The voting rights of prisoners in New Zealand have been in a near constant state...
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  • Bill of Rights. Pursuant to Section 62 Subsection 5 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, all convicted prisoners, detained prisoners and persons...
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  • Arthur William Taylor (category New Zealand prisoners and detainees)
    action on behalf of himself and prisoners' rights. In 2017, he initiated successful legal action on behalf of former prisoner David Tamihere. On 24 January...
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    Homes v. EEOC. Prisoners' rights: In May 2018, the Trump administration ordered the Bureau of Prisons to house transgender prisoners according to their...
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    government comprising the National Party, ACT Party and New Zealand First that has governed New Zealand since November 2023. The government is headed by Christopher...
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    Migration to New Zealand began only very recently in human history, with Polynesian settlement in New Zealand, previously uninhabited, about 1250 CE to...
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  • has worked to free prisoners of conscience, fight human rights violations around the world, and promote human rights in New Zealand through lobbying and...
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    in New Zealand. According to data released by the Ministry of Justice, there were a total of 8,500 prisoners incarcerated in New Zealand prisons in June...
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    conservative political party in New Zealand. It is currently led by David Seymour, and is in coalition with the National and New Zealand First parties, as part...
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    on Chinese prisoners of war. Prisoners of war from China, the United States, Australia, Britain, Canada, India, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the Philippines...
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    to List of years in New Zealand. 85 mya: Around this time New Zealand splits from the supercontinent Gondwana. 5 mya: New Zealand's climate cools as Australia...
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    Electoral reform in New Zealand has been a political issue in the past as major changes have been made to both parliamentary and local government electoral...
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  • days. By 28 November 2023, 180 prisoners had been released, chosen from a list of 300 held Palestinians. Notable prisoners released included Israa Jaabis...
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  • This is a list of prisoners who have received a whole life order, formerly called a whole life tariff, through some mechanism in jurisdictions of the United...
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    Paul Hunt (academic) (category New Zealand officials of the United Nations)
    Paul Hunt is British-New Zealand human rights expert who specialises in economic, social and cultural rights. Between 2019-2024, he held the office of...
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    Human rights in post-invasion Iraq have been the subject of concerns and controversies since the 2003 U.S. invasion. Concerns have been expressed about...
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    slight increase of women prisoners in each of these facilities. Although the Department of Corrections notes that women in New Zealand only make up 7.4% of...
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    New Zealand portal Electoral reform in New Zealand Political funding in New Zealand Politics of New Zealand Voting rights of prisoners in New Zealand...
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  • improvement in monitoring of paroled prisoners". Morning Report. Radio New Zealand. 22 October 2010. New Zealand Parole Board official website Prisoners on parole...
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