HATE SPEECH LAWS APPEAR TO BE COMING DOWN THE PIPELINE AGAIN!
The Law Commission has put together a discussion paper examining whether people who identify as transgender, non-binary or have innate variations of sex characteristics (intersex) should be included as a protected class under Section 21 of the Human Rights Act 1993.
This paper will form the basis of a report which the Law Commission will put to Government.
If the Government was to amend the Human Rights Act based on the proposals which the Law Commission appears to favour in the discussion paper, it could make it illegal to misuse someone’s pronouns or limit schools' boards of trustees even more in how they present diverse perspectives on gender. It would affect employers, educators and institutions across the country.
Kiwis don’t need human rights law to tell them which pronouns to use. We have until 5 September to coordinate a strong response. So, FSU has put together a quick and simple submission process below so you can voice your concerns on this issue.
Amending the Human Rights Act to make it illegal to misgender and deadname?
Even though this is a discussion paper, we know that there are many activists who will try to weaponise this process and use it to pressure the government to increase censorship.
Regardless of how we talk about these perspectives, the free speech union will never backdown on the claim that kiwis shouldn’t be criminalised thinking a woman is an ‘adult human female.’
there are four key areas under the hra which we’ve identified where speech would likely be controlled if section 21 is amended.
Not only would such an amendment contravene the bill of rights act 1990, but it would have serious impacts on other key legislation
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