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Closed Consultations

• Public consultation on a proposal for New Zealand to join the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime

  Update 17 September 2020: Responses to questions raised during consultation [PDF, 135KB] June 2020 Cabinet Decision: In-principle decision to join the Budapest Convention on Cyber Crime The New Zealand Government is... More

  Closed 11 September 2020

• Legal Aid Electronic Pilot (Providers)

  The Auckland legal aid office has been working electronically since 17 February 2020. We would like your feedback on your experience so we can determine what is working well and any areas where we could improve. More

  Closed 12 June 2020

• Improving the legal aid provider experience - proposed changes to the approval process

  Background This project has been established to improve the experience that lawyers have with our approval and contracting processes for legal aid services. The intent of this work is to ensure that any improvements made will streamline, integrate and align with the rest of the legal aid... More

  Closed 12 November 2019

• New Zealand's seventh periodic report under the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

  Download: List of Issues (PDF, 221KB) Download: New Zealand's draft Seventh Periodic Report under the Convention against Torture (PDF, 1.52MB) Download: Overview of issues covered in the Report (PDF, 211KB) The Government is preparing its seventh report to the United Nations... More

  Closed 17 June 2019

• Have your say about access to official information

  The Ministry of Justice wants to hear your views on how the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) is working in practice, to inform a decision on whether to progress a review of this legislation. Your feedback will help inform a decision by Government on whether to review it, or whether instead to... More

  Closed 18 April 2019