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Human Rights Commission

Media Release: Rights Aotearoa welcomes Race Relations Commissioner Dr Melissa Derby’s comments that hate speech protections must extend to religious groups and LGBTQIA+ Communities

Media Release: Rights Aotearoa welcomes Race Relations Commissioner Dr Melissa Derby’s comments that hate speech protections must extend to religious groups and LGBTQIA+ Communities

Rights Aotearoa welcomes Race Relations Commissioner Dr Melissa Derby’s comments on TVNZ's Q&A program yesterday.

Letter to the Chief Human Rights Commissioner re Ia Tangata

Letter to the Chief Human Rights Commissioner re Ia Tangata

I respectfully write to urge the Commission, under your leadership, to publicly call on the Government to adopt the recommendations of the Law Commission’s Ia Tangata report, and to do so by reference to New Zealand’s binding international human rights obligations.

Meeting Request: Transparency and Leadership Accountability at the Human Rights Commission

Meeting Request: Transparency and Leadership Accountability at the Human Rights Commission

To Chief Legal Officer, Commissioners Walker and Pacheco, HRC.

Media Release: Rights Aotearoa Applauds Human Rights Commission's Powerful Stand Against Regulatory Standards Bill

Media Release: Rights Aotearoa Applauds Human Rights Commission's Powerful Stand Against Regulatory Standards Bill

We commend the Commission for reinforcing the fundamental truth that there is no hierarchy of human rights, and that all human rights are indivisible.