Lockdown – FIRST Union condemns Fletcher attempt to underpay workers
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: First Union
Fletcher Building’s attempt to underpay workers during the lockdown by proposing progressive reductions in income over the twelve weeks of the...
Let’s move hard and early to curb Covid-19-related poverty
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
01 April 2020
Child Poverty Action Group believes the Government needs to take the same ‘go hard and early’ approach...
Slow coronavirus response to cost millions of lives in poorest countries
Source: Save The Children
Swift action to contain the spread of coronavirus would save at least three million lives in sub-Saharan Africa and south Asia...
Protecting a generation from COVID-19: An Agenda for Action from Save the Children
Source: Save The Children
Coronavirus knows no borders. It is a global threat and our shared humanity demands a global response.
The virus is already having...
COVID-19: A porous border with Iran means thousands of Afghans continue to cross daily...
Source: Save The Children
Lockdown of Kabul a ‘good first step’ but more needed to avoid a devastating death toll, warns Save the Children.
Despite a...
South Asia: As COVID-19 spreads, fears rise for people at higher risk
Source: Amnesty International NZ
** Protect daily wage earners, people displaced by conflict, health workers and prisoners **
As cases of COVID-19 escalate in South Asia,...
Human Rights South Asia: As COVID-19 spreads, fears rise for people at higher risk
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand
Protect daily wage earners, people displaced by conflict, health workers and prisoners
As cases of COVID-19 escalate in South...
Coronavirus is a devastating blow to children in poverty
Source: Save The Children
Covid-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus, is now present in virtually every country on earth. Each at different stages...
Human rights and duties to the community
Source: Human Rights Commission
On March 5, when the world was different, I visited Europe for work.
I cut short my visit, flew home, strictly self-isolated,...
Chief Human Rights Commissioner Paul Hunt tested positive for COVID 19
Source: Human Rights Commission
Chief Human Rights Commissioner Paul Hunt has tested positive for the COVID-19 virus.
Professor Hunt returned from a business trip to London...
Covid-19: compassion, cooperation, courage, choice
Source: Greenpeace New Zealand
Dear friends,
The consequences of the covid-19 pandemic are – and will be – defined by choices. Those choices should be based...
Structural reforms for children are yet to materialise into improved outcomes says Disability Rights...
Source: Human Rights Commission
The Disability Rights Commissioner says good progress has been made since the last review of New Zealand’s obligations under the Convention...
