Post by Kiwi Frontline on Apr 3, 2020 3:54:32 GMT 12
DEFENCE LAWYERS FORM NATIONAL ORGANISATION WITH FOCUS ON MĀORI OUTCOMES
Defence lawyers have formed a national organisation with a focus on achieving better outcomes for Māori in the justice system.
Established this month, Defence Lawyers Association New Zealand is the country's only group solely dedicated to defence lawyers.
The group, headed up by a dozen-strong steering committee of geographically spread senior lawyers, would have a practical focus on tackling the over-representation of Māori in the justice system, he said.
"You go into New Zealand prisons and they're absolutely filled to the brim, mainly with young Māori men, and it's a shameful and very sorry sight."
Stevenson said the association would be guided by the advice of Māori lawyers and he was heartened the justice system was beginning to consider the impact of colonisation on offence rates and utilising tools to mitigate this, like Section 27 cultural reports......
www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/413269/defence-lawyers-form-national-organisation-with-focus-on-maori-outcomes
Defence lawyers have formed a national organisation with a focus on achieving better outcomes for Māori in the justice system.
Established this month, Defence Lawyers Association New Zealand is the country's only group solely dedicated to defence lawyers.
The group, headed up by a dozen-strong steering committee of geographically spread senior lawyers, would have a practical focus on tackling the over-representation of Māori in the justice system, he said.
"You go into New Zealand prisons and they're absolutely filled to the brim, mainly with young Māori men, and it's a shameful and very sorry sight."
Stevenson said the association would be guided by the advice of Māori lawyers and he was heartened the justice system was beginning to consider the impact of colonisation on offence rates and utilising tools to mitigate this, like Section 27 cultural reports......
www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/413269/defence-lawyers-form-national-organisation-with-focus-on-maori-outcomes