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UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
Saturday, 5 February 2011, 3:31 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
The advance unedited edition of the Committee on the Rights of the Child's Concluding Observations (CRC/C/NZL/CO/3-4) on the government’s performance in implementing the Convention on the Rights of the Child (the Convention) and the Optional Protocol ... More >>
UN Committee examines NZ performance on child rights
Thursday, 20 January 2011, 10:10 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (the Committee) has tonight begun its consideration of the government's compliance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child (the Convention) and the Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children ... More >>
Private prison contract goes to nuclear weapons company
Tuesday, 14 December 2010, 3:48 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
The Minister of Corrections has just announced that the first contract under the Corrections (Contract Management of Prisons) Amendment Act 2009 has been awarded to the British based corporation, Serco - the announcement is available at http://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/mt-edenacrp-contract-manager-announced ... More >>
Applications for National 2011 Peace Scholarships Opened
Monday, 13 December 2010, 4:01 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
Applications for White Poppy Peace Scholarships for research during the 2011 academic year opened on Human Rights Day, 10 December, to draw attention to the link between militarism and human rights, see http://www.peacescholar.org.nz for more information. More >>
Applications for 2011 Peace Scholarships open
Friday, 10 December 2010, 8:08 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
Please note: the formatted printable edition of this message is available at http://www.peacescholar.org.nz More >>
NZ To Fund Cluster Bomb Clearance In Laos
Wednesday, 10 November 2010, 10:14 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
Aotearoa New Zealand Cluster Munition Coalition (Vientiane, Lao PDR: 10 November 2010) New Zealand’s announcement of funding for the clearance of cluster bomb remnants in Lao People’s Democratic Republic will help save lives and promote economic development, ... More >>
Indigenous Peoples' Rights Rapporteur Visits
Monday, 19 July 2010, 1:10 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
Visit of the UN Special Rapporteur on Indigenous Peoples' Rights, 18 to 23 July 2010 More >>
Defence Review credibility questioned
Thursday, 17 June 2010, 9:41 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
16 June 2010 This update on the Defence Review follows the release of the 'Defence Review Consultation: Summary of Submissions' document last week. Initial concerns about the credibility of the Defence Review process, raised when the public consultation ... More >>
2010 White Poppies for Peace Annual Appeal
Friday, 16 April 2010, 10:22 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
The 2010 White Poppies for Peace Annual Appeal starts tomorrow and runs until Saturday, 24 April. More >>
UN Committee on NZ's Civil and Political rights
Saturday, 27 March 2010, 1:48 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
Below are the Concluding Observations of the UN Human Rights Committee (released overnight at the conclusion of the Committee's 98th session) on their consideration of the government's performance under the International Covenant on Civil and Political ... More >>
Waihopai Ploughshares trial helped uncover secrets
Thursday, 18 March 2010, 9:40 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
Adrian Leason, Father Peter Murnane and Sam Land - the three men who were charged with intentional damage and unlawful entry at Waihopai spy base - have today expressed their thanks to the jury, the judge, and the prosecution and defence lawyers. More >>
Waihopai Ploughshares Trial: Events Calendar
Sunday, 21 February 2010, 1:58 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
Below are the details of the Waihopai Ploughshares support events taking place in Wellington from Saturday, 6th to Friday, 12th March. The Waihopai Ploughshares publicity poster, which includes an outline of the support events, is available online at http://www.converge.org.nz/pma/pltrial.pdf More >>
Solidarity with West Papua on 1 December
Saturday, 28 November 2009, 1:21 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
27 November 2009 Kia ora, Tuesday, 1 December, marks the forty-eighth anniversary of the West Papuan Declaration of Independence from Dutch colonial rule - sometimes referred to as West Papua Independence Day - and as in previous years, the Day will ... More >>
NZ Ex-Hostage Returns to Iraq
Thursday, 19 November 2009, 9:30 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
Harmeet Singh Sooden has joined an international human rights delegation travelling to Iraqi Kurdistan from 7 to 23 November 2009. Iraqi Kurdistan is a semi-autonomous region of Iraq administered by the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG). The delegation ... More >>
NZ SAS: complicit in torture & civilian casualties
Tuesday, 11 August 2009, 12:17 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
As you will have heard by now, Cabinet decided yesterday to deploy the SAS in Afghanistan again. A decision rather at odds with Prime Minister John Key's statement only last week that: "there's no place for violence in the New Zealand Parliament, of even ... More >>
Hiroshima and Nagasaki Day events + Peace Sunday
Saturday, 8 August 2009, 1:46 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
Below are details of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Day events this weekend in Auckland and Christchurch, a Peace Sunday service in Auckland, as well as links to the Peace Sunday resources focused on justice for the Morurua workers, and the 2009 Hiroshima and ... More >>
UN examines NZ's human rights performance
Tuesday, 5 May 2009, 2:18 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
On Thursday, 7 May, the government's overall performance on human rights will be examined for the first time through the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process. The UPR is a mechanism established in 2006 whereby the UN Human Rights Council reviews ... More >>
2009 White Poppy Annual Appeal
Saturday, 18 April 2009, 11:53 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
From 2009, the White Poppy Annual Appeal is being held from 17 to 24 April, with all proceeds going to the new White Poppy Peace Scholarships. More >>
Submissions due: Foreshore and Seabed Act Review
Friday, 17 April 2009, 12:42 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
this action alert has information about the Foreshore and Seabed Act Ministerial Review, and how you can contribute to it. There are three main sections below: 1) About the Ministerial review; 2) What you can do, including details of how you can ... More >>
What's On Where In The NZ Peace Movement
Monday, 2 March 2009, 11:36 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
~ Ongoing - UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples petition: the deadline of 1 March for return of signatures on the petition has been extended as the petition has not yet been scheduled for consideration by a Select Committee. The final deadline ... More >>
