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The strongest commitment a Government can make to protect the Human Rights of its citizens is to embed them in a constitution, and create statutory procedures to enforce the international standards. New Zealand has a good record of approving of and compliance with its international obligations.
“They believe for a day when everyone in the world can take a safe drink of water. It’s easy to take for granted ready access to a safe supply of drinking water. Yet nearly one billion people lack this most basic resource. They believe that creating accessible, safe water supplies in developing countries frees people […]
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In New Zealand, Human Rights have never been protected by a single constitutional document nor any serious piece of legislation. Instead, we’ve had a raft of dissimilar laws, policies and programmes providing only elements of protection. It’s not good enough!
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“From the earliest days of mental health legislation in New Zealand, around 1880, there has been a view that there are occasions when people with mental disorder (however that might be defined) would need treatment without their consent. However, the ‘proper’ extent of the use of detention and compulsory treatment remains controversial.”
We make important decisions every day and we often rely on experts to help us decide. But, says economist Noreena Hertz, relying too much on experts can be limiting and even dangerous. She calls for us to start democratising expertise to listen not only to surgeons and CEOs, but also to shop staff.
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