Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jun 21, 2024 6:34:56 GMT 12
NEW HUMAN RIGHTS DATA SHOW ONGOING HARM TO MĀORI
"According to the latest data, Māori are among those most at risk of human rights violations for nearly all the rights measured, including the rights to health, housing, food and education. This has obvious implications for the criminal justice system, where tangata whenua are also at greatest risk of arbitrary arrest and ill-treatment. Policies such as the re-introduction of the Three Strikes law and army-styled boot camps for youth offenders fly in the face of established evidence of what an effective criminal justice system should look like," says Charles Harvey, JustSpeak Board member and spokesperson.....
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO2406/S00125/new-human-rights-data-show-ongoing-harm-to-maori.htm
"According to the latest data, Māori are among those most at risk of human rights violations for nearly all the rights measured, including the rights to health, housing, food and education. This has obvious implications for the criminal justice system, where tangata whenua are also at greatest risk of arbitrary arrest and ill-treatment. Policies such as the re-introduction of the Three Strikes law and army-styled boot camps for youth offenders fly in the face of established evidence of what an effective criminal justice system should look like," says Charles Harvey, JustSpeak Board member and spokesperson.....
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO2406/S00125/new-human-rights-data-show-ongoing-harm-to-maori.htm