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ISSN 2463-6282 May 2017 New Zealand Centre for Rights Law, Policy & Practice Auckland Law School University of Auckland National update 3 International update 5 Recent cases 6 titles for full story) A written Constitution for Aotearoa/New Zealand Constitutional lawyers Geoffrey Palmer and Andrew Butler have initiated a conversation about developing a written Constitution for Aotearoa/New Zealand. They are inviting feedback by September 2017. >> Pay Equity – Equal pay for work of equal value On 18 April 2017, the Government announced a $2 billion pay equity settlement for 55,000 care and support workers in NZ aged and disability residential care and home and community support services. On 20 April, MBIE released a draft Employment (Pay Equity and Equal Pay) Bill and commentary for public consultation. >> New Zealand Intelligence and Security Bill The Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade Committee has reported back on the New Zealand Intelligence and Security Bill. The legislation will replace the four Acts that currently apply to the GCSB, NZSIS and their oversight bodies. >> Domestic Violence – Victims Protection Bill The Domestic Violence – Victims Protection Bill had its first reading on 8 March 2017. It has been sent to the Justice and Law Reform Committee. >> “A question of restraint” The Ombudsman released his report, “A question of restraint”, in early March 2015, which found Corrections to be in breach of the Convention against Torture, the Corrections Act and Corrections regulations. >> "Never Again" petition The Commission is spearheading a call for a comprehensive inquiry and public apology to people who were abused as children while in state care. This took the form of an open letter addressed to the Government, in support of a “Never Again” petition. >> Rights to Records while in state care The Human Rights Centre co-hosted a workshop with the Archives and Records Association of New Zealand and the Records Continuum Research Group to begin a national conversation about child-centred and recordkeeping and archiving frameworks, policies, processes and systems. >> based AND trial
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