Chief Human Rights Commissioner Paul Hunt says governments aren't aware of the human rights they have signed up for. Supplied Chief Human Rights Commissioner Paul Hunt says the results are “alarming” and New Zealand is falling behind other countries. The simple human rights test goes like this: are any children and whānau depending upon charity for the essentials of life? “A good message for New Zealanders is that housing is a human right, that food is a human right, that education is a human right. Prudence Walker, chief executive of Disabled Persons Assembly, said there was really no excuse for New Zealand’s poor human rights record.

Source: Stuff June 23, 2022 02:11 UTC