New Zealand’s Human Rights Commission has urged people to report any instances of Islamophobia, anti-Semitism or other discrimination as the conflict rages between Israel and Hamas. It comes after reports of disorder at Auckland War Memorial Museum when a small number of Palestinian sympathisers gathering to rally against the building being lit up in Israeli Read more
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Israel-Hamas war: NZ Human Rights Commission urges reporting of Islamophobia, anti-Semitism
Thursday, October 19th, 2023Disabled workers experience high rates of bullying and harassment
Monday, November 7th, 2022Disabled workers are disproportionately affected by bullying and harassment in the workplace, according to research by the Human Rights Commission. The research published in Experiences of Workplace Bullying and Harassment in Aotearoa New Zealand showed 61% of disabled workers had been racially harassed in the previous five years, compared to 37% of non-disabled workers. Nearly Read more
Seymour wants to abolish the Human Rights Commission
Monday, November 2nd, 2020
Act leader David Seymour wants the Human Rights Commission abolished because of its “left-wing manifesto.” “The Commission is a hard-left organisation masquerading as a government department,” he says. The Human Rights Commission today is calling for the new government to honour human rights. To this end, it has laid out 39 issues it wants politicians Read more