“..Justice Minister Simon Power is heading to New York tomorrow to defend New Zealand’s use of Tasers, the Bill of Rights Act, and its record on the Treaty of Waitangi at the United Nations Human Rights Committee..”
“..Mr Power will face a grilling over two days from the committee of 18 countries on those and other issues relevant to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
The minister will be supported by officials from Corrections, the Department of Labour, Crown Law, the Ministry of Justice, and UN-based Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade officials.
He will also be joined by New Zealand’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Jim McLay, a former National Party leader and Justice Minister.
Mr Power said it would be a robust discussion and something akin to an “international question time”.
“You front up, you make your statement and you are not quite sure what your supplementaries are going to be..”
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