Post by Kiwi Frontline on May 24, 2018 17:24:37 GMT 12
THREAT TO MARAE SPEECH SEEN IN DISHARMONY CALL
A Maori academic is challenging a Human Rights Commission proposal to penalise disharmonious speech.
In a report to a United Nations committee, the commission suggested the Human Rights Act may need to be amended because it can't be used in cases of hate speech against New Zealand Muslims.
Melissa Derby from the University of Canterbury says this privileges a colonising relision, and the commission isn't seeking similar protection for speech against Maori.
She says the commission isn't defining what constitutes disharmonious speech, which carries risk for Maori....
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_story_id/MTkxNzM.html
A Maori academic is challenging a Human Rights Commission proposal to penalise disharmonious speech.
In a report to a United Nations committee, the commission suggested the Human Rights Act may need to be amended because it can't be used in cases of hate speech against New Zealand Muslims.
Melissa Derby from the University of Canterbury says this privileges a colonising relision, and the commission isn't seeking similar protection for speech against Maori.
She says the commission isn't defining what constitutes disharmonious speech, which carries risk for Maori....
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_story_id/MTkxNzM.html