Post by Kiwi Frontline on Dec 2, 2021 3:49:20 GMT 12
WAITANGI TRIBUNAL FAST-TRACKS KAUPAPA INQUIRY INTO JUSTICE SYSTEM
A wide scale review of how the justice system has impacted Māori has been brought forward by the Waitangi Tribunal.
The kaupapa inquiry into claims concerning the justice system will be presided over by Judge Carrie Wainwright.
He listed issues that had not been fully settled or heard that would be part of the inquiry.
“A lack of recognition of tikanga Māori as a source of law in the common law regime; discrimination against Māori in the statutory and institutional framework for the administration of justice in colonial and modern times; institutional racism and bias in the policy and practice of justice sector organisations; access to justice, including legal aid ... and claimant funding for progressing Treaty-based claims and rights; discrimination against Māori in policing policy and practice; and prison conditions and the treatment of Māori remand and sentenced prisoners.”....
www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/127128806/waitangi-tribunal-fasttracks-kaupapa-inquiry-into-justice-system
A wide scale review of how the justice system has impacted Māori has been brought forward by the Waitangi Tribunal.
The kaupapa inquiry into claims concerning the justice system will be presided over by Judge Carrie Wainwright.
He listed issues that had not been fully settled or heard that would be part of the inquiry.
“A lack of recognition of tikanga Māori as a source of law in the common law regime; discrimination against Māori in the statutory and institutional framework for the administration of justice in colonial and modern times; institutional racism and bias in the policy and practice of justice sector organisations; access to justice, including legal aid ... and claimant funding for progressing Treaty-based claims and rights; discrimination against Māori in policing policy and practice; and prison conditions and the treatment of Māori remand and sentenced prisoners.”....
www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/127128806/waitangi-tribunal-fasttracks-kaupapa-inquiry-into-justice-system