UK: Uber drivers win six year battle over workers’ rights in groundbreaking ruling
Source: Amnesty International NZ
Supreme Court rules that Uber drivers are entitled to workers’ rights
‘No business model should ever depend on precarious and exploitative forms...
USA: United Nations Review will bring human rights abuses there to light
Source: Amnesty International NZ
As the United States’ human rights record is examined under the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review during a...
Human rights can reduce working poverty post COVID-19
Source: Human Rights Commission
A new report by the Human Rights Commission offers a framework for a human rights approach to alleviating poverty in working...
Ukraine
Source: New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade – Safe Travel
Reviewed: 22 January 2021, 15:04 NZDT
Still current at: 3 December 2021
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Denmark
Source: New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade – Safe Travel
Reviewed: 14 December 2021, 10:25 NZDT
Still current at: 14 December 2021
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New data shows COVID recovery needs to focus on disabled people
Source: Human Rights Commission
New household labour force data showing three in four working-age disabled people are unemployed underlines the need for the COVID-19 recovery...
Hopes Crown apology is the start of system change in our prisons
Source: Amnesty International NZ
Minister of Corrections Hon Kelvin Davis has just issued a public apology to Mihi Bassett, Karma Cripps and other women for...
United Arab Emirates
Source: New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade – Safe Travel
Reviewed: 19 January 2022, 11:53 NZDT
Still current at: 19 January 2022
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Eritrea
Source: New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade – Safe Travel
Reviewed: 14 December 2021, 09:27 NZDT
Still current at: 14 December 2021
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33 human rights wins to celebrate this year
Source: Amnesty International NZ
It’s been a busy year for Amnesty International with positive changes taking place around the world. Laws have been rewritten, awards...
Gabon
Source: New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade – Safe Travel
Gabon
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade is not issuing a specific travel...
