Here ora | Preventive measures in a reformed law Te Aka Matua o te Ture | Law Commission
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BookSeries: Law Commission report; Te Aka Matua o te Ture pūrongo.Publisher: Te Aka Matua o te Ture | Law Commission, 2025Description: electronic document (434 pages) ; PDF & DOCX files.ISBN: 978-1-0670173-2-3.Subject(s): CRIMINAL JUSTICE | HUMAN RIGHTS | LAW REFORM | New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 | OFFENDERS | Parole Act 2002 | PRISONERS | Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014 | PŪNAHA TURE TAIHARA | SENTENCING | Sentencing Act 2002 | SEX OFFENDERS | SEXUAL VIOLENCE | TAITŌKAI | TANGATA HARA | TIKANGA TANGATA | TIRITI O WAITANGI | Treaty of Waitangi | TURE O TE KĀWANANTANGA | NEW ZEALANDOnline resources: Download report, PDF | Download report, Word DOCX | Access the overview of this review Summary: This report concludes that an overhaul of the law governing preventive detention, extended supervision orders and public protection orders is required. The Commission recommends changes to prevent serious sexual and violent reoffending while managing high-risk offenders more humanely.
The report contains 149 recommendations. They include the introduction of a new Act to replace the current law and to bring the fragmented measures into a single, cohesive and coherent regime.
Background to Te Aka Matua o te Ture | Law Commission's Hapori whānui me te tangata mōrea nui: He arotake o te mauhere ārai hē me ngā ōta nō muri whakawhiu | Public safety and serious offenders: A review of preventive detention and post-sentence orders. The review was prompted by findings that the current law was not consistent with international and domestic human rights law. The United Nations Human Rights Committee had found in 2017 that the laws governing preventive detention were in breach of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Domestic courts had held that aspects of ESOs and PPOs are inconsistent with the right not to be punished twice for the same crime under the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990. (From the website). Record #9186
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Law Commission report, 149, March 2025
Te Aka Matua o te Ture, 149, March 2025
This report concludes that an overhaul of the law governing preventive detention, extended supervision orders and public protection orders is required. The Commission recommends changes to prevent serious sexual and violent reoffending while managing high-risk offenders more humanely.
The report contains 149 recommendations. They include the introduction of a new Act to replace the current law and to bring the fragmented measures into a single, cohesive and coherent regime.
Background to Te Aka Matua o te Ture | Law Commission's Hapori whānui me te tangata mōrea nui: He arotake o te mauhere ārai hē me ngā ōta nō muri whakawhiu | Public safety and serious offenders: A review of preventive detention and post-sentence orders. The review was prompted by findings that the current law was not consistent with international and domestic human rights law. The United Nations Human Rights Committee had found in 2017 that the laws governing preventive detention were in breach of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Domestic courts had held that aspects of ESOs and PPOs are inconsistent with the right not to be punished twice for the same crime under the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990. (From the website). Record #9186
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