by admin | Jan 29, 2020 | News, Submission
In January we made a submission in support of the Crimes (Definition of Female Genital Mutilation) Amendment Bill. We also proposed that an obligation be imposed upon all medical practitioners to provide relevant details to their local Medical Officers of Health...
by admin | Nov 19, 2019 | News, Submission
On Thursday 14 November we appeared before the Foreign Affairs, Defence, and Trade select committee with our submission on the Terrorism Suppression (Control Orders) Bill. Our oral submission was supported by Gulalai Ismail, a Pashtun human rights activist...
by Mark Honeychurch | Dec 6, 2018 | Submission
Overview In general terms, the document does a good job of trying to bring potential issues with offering religious instruction to the attention of schools. These issues are both legal and ethical, and it is important that the focus of this document is kept on the...
by admin | Feb 1, 2018 | News, Submission
Today we made a submission in support of the End of Life Choices Bill. You can read our submission below. Justice Committee Secretariat Committee Secretariat Justice Committee Parliament Buildings Wellington 29 January 2018 To the Justice Committee, Submission...
by Aaron Davies | Jul 19, 2017 | News, Submission
The Humanist Society of New Zealand is currently finalizing a manifesto ahead of the upcoming political elections in September. There are many things worth lobbying for, but two that are being focused on are changing the laws around Abortion and Euthanasia. The first...
by Gaylene Middleton | Dec 16, 2015 | Submission
Our Society adheres to the fundamentals of modern Humanism as expressed in the Amsterdam Declaration of 2002, in which Article 4 states: Humanism insists that personal liberty must be combined with social responsibility. Humanism ventures to build a world on the idea...
