References
New Zealand cases
- Taunoa v Attorney-General (2004) 7 HRNZ 379 (HC)
New Zealand legislation
- Bill of Rights Act 1990 (NZ)
- Corrections Act 2004 (NZ)
- Crimes of Torture Act 1989 (NZ)
International legal material
- Committee Against Torture, General Comment No 2; Implementation of Article 2 by States parties, 24 January 2008, CAT/C/GC/2/CRP.1/Rev.4
- Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, General Comment No 1 (2014) Article 12: Equal recognition before the law, 19 May 2014, CRPD/C/GC/1
- Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Guidelines on article 14 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; The right to liberty and security of persons with disabilities, September 2015
- Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Report of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on its first session, 8 October 2009, CRPD/C/1/2
- Human Rights Committee, General Comment No 20: Article 7 (Prohibition of Torture, or Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment), 10 March 1992 (1992(a))
- Human Rights Committee, General Comment 21: Article 10 (Humane Treatment of Persons Deprived of Their Liberty), 10 April 1992 (1992(b))
- Human Rights Committee, Concluding observations of the Human Rights Committee: Costa Rica, 16 November 2007, CCPR/C/CRI/CO/5
- Human Rights Committee, Concluding observations of the Human Rights Committee: Panama, 17 April 2008, CCPR/C/PAN/CO/3
- Nowak, M., Report of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment on the question of torture, 23 December 2005, UN Doc E/CN.4/2006/6
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- Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture (SPT), Fourth annual report, 3 February 2011, CAT/C/46/2
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- Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, 1969
Other references
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- Boshier, P. 2017. OPCAT findings report: A question of restraint: Care and management of prisoners considered to be At-risk of Self-Harm: Observations and findings from OPCAT inspectors. New Zealand, Wellington: Office of the Ombudsman.
- Danish Institute for Human Rights. 2005. An introduction to openness and access to information. Copenhagen: Danish Institute for Human RIghts.
- Department of Corrections, New Zealand. (2018) Management of transgender prisoners. Wellington: Department of Corrections.
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- Hutching, M., and E. Jolliff. 2017. Corrections admits breaching torture rules by tying down inmates. NewsHub, March 1. www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2017/02/corrections-admits-breaching-torture-rules-by-tying-down-inmates.html (accessed October 6, 2018).
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- New Zealand Ministry of Health. 2018. Night safety procedures: Transitional guideline. Wellington: New Zealand Ministry of Health.
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- Nowak, M., and E. McArthur. 2006. The distinction between torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. Torture 16, no. 3: 147–51
- Office of the Ombudsman New Zealand. 2017. Ombudsman to publish prison inspection reports. Media release, July 6. www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/ckeditor_assets/attachments/499/Hawkes_Bay_Prison_inspection_media_statement_060717.pdf (accessed October 6, 2018).
- Shalev, S. (2017) Thinking outside the box? A review of seclusion and restraint practices in New Zealand. Auckland: New Zealand Human Rights Commision.
- White, M. (2016) He Ara Tika; a pathway forward. Auckland: New Zealand Human Rights Commission