4. Human Rights and the Treaty of Waitangi

Te Mana i Waitangi: Human Rights and the Treaty of Waitangi, by ...

At the NWO 'Indigenous Rights – A Win-Win?' event on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (4th December 2007). At the NWO ...

Establishment of a Human Rights 'National Mechanism'

We have a reputation for standing up with others to speak out when we see human rights under threat. 6. Te Tiriti o Waitangi/The Treaty of Waitangi principles ...

The situation of Maori people in New Zealand

The Special Rapporteur emphasizes the need for the principles enshrined in the Treaty of Waitangi and related, internationally protected human rights to be ...

Maori haka in NZ parliament to protest at bill to reinterpret founding ...

Act, the political party that introduced the bill, argues there is a need to legally define the principles of the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi, which ...

Reparations and the Waitangi Tribunal

The Treaty of Waitangi Act gives no specific criteria for reparations. ... from being similarly affected in the future. (4) a recommendation ... What are human ...

2023 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: New Zealand

The government bestowed specific recognition and rights, enshrined in law, custom, and practice, on Maori persons based on the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi, the ...

International Human Rights Law and Declarations

The Declaration affirms basic civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights and many of these rights are now regarded as having ...

The Waitangi Tribunal's WAI 2575 Report: Implications for ...

Te Tiriti o Waitangi, a treaty negotiated between Māori (the Indigenous peoples of Aotearoa) and the British Crown, affirmed Māori sovereignty ...

Human rights and indigenous issues :

"The purpose of this visit was to gain a better understanding of the situation of indigenous people in New Zealand through discussions with the relevant ...

UNDRIP and the Treaty of Waitangi - YouTube

Learn more about the international human rights standards and how they relate to the Treaty of Waitangi. Featuring iwi leaders reciting ...

Deeper Understanding of the Constitutional Status of Māori and ...

... Treaty of Waitangi exception from a Māori perspective, calling for ... human rights and rights under te Tiriti o Waitangi. ... 4/1985/4, 28 ...

Universal Declaration of Human Rights - | NZ History

Everyone is entitled to an adequate standard of living, to education, to work for a fair wage and to own property. To protect and promote all ...

The Waitangi Tribunal's WAI 2575 Report - PubMed Central

Te Tiriti o Waitangi, a treaty negotiated between Māori (the Indigenous peoples of Aotearoa) and the British Crown, affirmed Māori sovereignty and ...

General Assembly Adopts Declaration on Rights of Indigenous ...

The General Assembly today overwhelmingly backed protections for the human rights of indigenous peoples, adopting a landmark declaration ...

Implementing the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous ...

New Zealand said that the Declaration breached the Treaty of Waitangi (Treaty) because it would give Maori special rights over other citizens.

UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples—Government ...

The fourth Labour Government established the Waitangi Tribunal with the specific intention of ensuring that a domestic process for resolving ...

David Seymour: Why Treaty of Waitangi principles should be redefined

Act leader and associate justice minister David Seymour explains the philosophy behind his Treaty ... For stories that matter to you and the very ...

New Zealand river granted same legal rights as human being

Chris Finlayson, the minister for the treaty of Waitangi negotiations, said the decision brought the longest-running litigation in New Zealand's ...

Human rights | New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade

The Universal Declaration has formed the basis for nine core human rights treaties. New Zealand played an important role in creating many of these treaties ...

The Phantom Article 4 of Te Tiriti o Waitangi - Taiuru & Associates Ltd

The source of Article 4 gained public attention in a submission by Anglican Archdeacon Harvey Ruru before the Waitangi tribunal in WAI 785 in ...