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Legislation and
case law
| Treaties and
Conventions |
Government and
organisations |
Indigenous peoples | Commentary | Other jurisdictions
See Also: International law
Indigenous peoples | Commentary | Other jurisdictions
See Also: International law
Legislation and case law
Legislation
- LegislationNZ
- New Zealand Legislation - NZ Acts, Bills and Regulations are available free, and downloadable
- Relevant legislation - from the Ministry of Justice site
- Legislation Advisory Committee Guidelines on Process and Content of Legislation - the vetting procedure for new legislation to ensure it is consistent with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 and the Human Rights Act 1993.
Case law
- Case notes of the Human Rights Commissioner are on the Resources page
- HUDOC - European Court of Human Rights Portal database of case law
- Human Rights Review Tribunal decisions are available on NZLII
- International Criminal Court Situations and cases
- New Zealand Refugee Law - includes case search option
Treaties and Conventions
- Convention on the rights of the child
- United Nations Declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples
- Universal Declaration of human rights
Government and Organisations
- Human Rights Bodies - database of UN bodies
- Human Rights Commission Te Kāhui Tika Tangata
- Human Rights Foundation
- Human Rights New Zealand - Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Human Rights Watch
- New Zealand National Human Rights Review Report - April 2009
- NZAID - New Zealand's International Aid and Development Agency
- United Nations Human Rights Council
Indigenous peoples and human rights
- Health and human rights of indigenous peoples - World Health Organization
- Rights of indigenous people
- United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII)
Commentary
- Human rights and humanitarian law
- Converging currents: custom and human rights in the Pacific - New Zealand Law Commission study paper
- Human Rights Internet
- Human Rights Library -comprehensive directory of relevant links organised by topic
- Human Rights Network Portal - "meeting place for New Zealanders with an interest and commitment to human rights"
- Interights includes legal briefs submitted to international tribunals
- Protection Project - from Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies ; address the issue of trafficking in persons as a human rights violation.
- Refugee Studies Centre - University of Oxford’s Centre for Development Studies
- United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law - a unique multi-media resource centre which consists of three main components, including the Lecture Series, Historic Archives and Research Library. Turn the sound on.
- UT Libraries’ Human Rights Documentation Initiative (HRDI) - a comprehensive database which includes archival human rights materials
- Women's Human Rights Resources from the Bora Laskin Law Library.
Other jurisdictions
Asia/Pacific
- ASEAN National Human Rights Institutions Forum
- Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions
- Asia Pacific Human Rights Network
- National Human Rights Commission - India
Australia
- Australian Human Rights Commission
- Migration Review Tribunal / Refugee Review Tribunal includes decisions.
Europe
International
- Amnesty International
- GlobalRights.org
- Human Rights Council (UN)
- International Commission of Jurists
- International Criminal Court
- Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
- United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
United Kingdom
- British Institute of Human Rights
- Equality and Human Rights Commission
- Join Committee on Human Rights
