September 2010‚ Wellington‚ New Zealand | I S S U E S P A P E R 1 8 ThE PUblIc’S RIghT To KNoW A REvIEW of ThE offIcIAl INfoRmATIoN AcT 1982 ANd PARTS 1–6 of ThE locAl govERNmENT offIcIAl INfoRmATIoN ANd mEETINgS AcT 1987 The law commission is an independent‚ publicly funded‚ central advisory body established by statute to undertake the systematic review‚ reform and development of the law of New Zealand. Its purpose is to help achieve law that is just‚ principled‚ and accessible‚ and that
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Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Study Guide A. Chapter 4: a. Terms: i. Civil Liberties: The legal constitutional protections against government. Although our civil liberties are formally set down in the Bill of Rights‚ the courts‚ police‚ and legislatures define their meaning. ii. Bill of Rights: The first 10 amendments to the US Constitution‚ which define such basic liberties as freedom of religion‚ speech‚ and press and guarantee defendants’ rights. iii. First Amendment: The constitutional
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Right to Education Situation of children’s right to education worldwide Today‚ education remains an inaccessible right for millions of children around the world. More than 72 million children of primary education age are not in school and 759 million adults are illiterate and do not have the awareness necessary to improve both their living conditions and those of their children. Reasons behind lack of education : Marginalisation and poverty: Factors linked to poverty such as unemployment‚ illness
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that all men are created equal’." -Martin Luther King Jr. The Civil Rights movement may have started out on a mission to improve the lives of the large population of African-Americans‚ but who would have guessed that King’s quest for racial integration would provoke the same quest for individual rights by another completely different group of people‚ this time the Gay and Lesbians of society. The quest for equal rights by people‚ who had unjustifiably been repressed for hundreds of years‚ would
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as reproduce‚ cook‚ clean‚ and to do the bidding of all males (especially their husbands). Without these qualities woman were considered nothing until the woman’s rights movement of the twentieth century. One of the people who supported this movement was Hillary Clinton. In one of her most famous speeches: “Woman’s Rights Are Human Rights.”‚ Clinton tried to address the world in the United Nations Fourth World Conference on woman in order to target those who thought less of women. This speech was given
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d. Protective discrimination : Scheduled caste‚ tribes and backward classes. e. Reservation : Statutory Commissions‚ Statutory provisions. 5. Regionalism and the law. a. Regionalism as a divisive factor. b. Concept of India as one unit. c. Rights of movement‚ residence and business; impermissibility of state or regional
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Right people make the right organisation. It is the eyes of leaders that can spot the not so best fit people for the organisation and organisational culture. It is often recognised by gut feeling and to extent performance. Garden often requires weeding and so it stands for the organisation. The not so fit people not only damage the institution but are also wasting their time and skills which could be better utilised where they fit the best. This is a challenging task for the leaders since government
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Important Civil Rights‚ Concepts‚ Events‚ and People African American Rights: 1. Executive Order 9981 (Truman) – July 1948 – established the equality of treatment and opportunity in the armed forces 2. Brown v The Board of Education of Topeka – 1954 – series of cases involving racial segregation in public schools; Supreme Court decision: unconstitutional 3. Southern Christian Leadership Conference – 1957-present – originally led by Martin Luther King‚ Jr.‚ this organization was
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Argument Analysis of a Animal Rights Cartoon The cartoon‚ The Battalion‚ is an argument showing a member of Peta with a sign defending animal rights. This marketing campaign is targeting those individuals not supportive of animal rights. The artist used a member of Peta with a picket sign and a couple animals in the background design to appeal to the emotions of the audience. A rabbit holding a sign that reads‚ “I’m with stupid”‚ suggest that animals are sentient beings. The artist is targeting
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The Progression of Transgender Rights in the Workplace Since 1975‚ Congress has considered amending Title VII to include a ban on employment discrimination based on sexual orientation. Most of the first employment discrimination cases brought by transgenders were dismissed because there is no federal law designating transgender as a protected class‚ or specifically requiring equal treatment for transgendered people. Until recently‚ Title VII’s lack of legislative history and failed
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