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Parliament Petitioned to Take Australian Human Rights Abuses to UN
PRESS RELEASE The New Zealand Parliament will be petitioned to take a strong position on Australia’s severe immigration detention, deportation and citizenship impediments for New Zealanders when Australia appears before the United Nations in 2020. Community Law and the Human Rights Commission…
Kathryn Beck, CLCA Board Member, is elected New Zealand Law Society President
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Help shape our justice future, New Zealand
New Zealanders can have an impact on the direction of criminal justice reform using a new digital engagement platform from the Hāpaitia te Oranga Tangata – Safe and Effective Justice initiative. The platform builds on engagement undertaken by Te Uepū Hāpai i…
NZ’s first admission to the bar entirely in te reo Māori
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Community Law Ready For Disability Action Plan
MEDIA RELEASE November 14, 2019 Implementation Today’s announcement of the Government’s plan to improve justice services for people with disability related legal issues in the new Disability Action Plan 2019-2023 is being welcomed by Community Law Centres o Aotearoa. “We already have…
Marion Elvy from Community Law Marlborough receives an Adult Leaders Week Award
Marion Elvy from Community Law Marlborough receives an Adult Leaders Week Award in Blenheim for her Lunchtime Law Workshops held in the local Library and other large workshops held in the region
BENEFICIARIES NEED BETTER PROTECTION FROM HIGH INTEREST LOANS
Community Law welcomes the Ministry of Social Development’s decision to ensure staff don’t advise beneficiaries to get high interest loans and wants the Government to go further to protect New Zealanders from predatory credit practices. Yesterday, Community Law joined the growing list…
Without a lawyer in the Family Court?
These YouTube videos by Te Kopu Legal provide advice on how to represent yourself in the Family Court.
COMMUNITY LAW BACKS DAMNING REPORT ON JUSTICE SYSTEM
Community Law is backing the call for widespread changes to New Zealand’s Justice system, following the release of yesterday’s report from the Safe and Effective Justice Advisory group. “The system is broken – it fails both victims and offenders. The net result…
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