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# Time to Abolish Human Rights Commission
- URL: https://goodoil.news/time-to-abolish-human-rights-commission/
- Published: 2020-10-29T19:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-07-19T17:06:52.000Z
- Author: Press Releases
- Tags: Featured, Free Speech, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:38

**ACT Party**

“The Human Rights Commission’s left-wing manifesto is clear evidence that the organisation must be abolished,” says ACT Leader David Seymour.

“The Commission is a hard-left organisation masquerading as a government department. “Its new manifesto calls for a new hate speech law, a living wage, raising benefits by 47 per cent, “fair pay” agreements, more government departments, two new human rights commissioners, and another public holiday, among a raft of other policies.

“**The Commission is no longer interested in helping real people with actual human rights issues but is simply advancing a left-wing agenda.**

“As an electorate MP, I have been to the Commission and asked it to help with constituents – it has run for the hills.“Meanwhile, whenever there’s a political issue, it is eager to insert itself into the debate.

“The previous Human Rights Commissioner, **Susan Devoy**, waded into public debates that were completely outside her role.“**Paula Tesoriero**, the Disability Rights Commissioner, has conducted herself on the End of Life Choice Act in the most unprofessional way.

“**Chief Human Rights Commissioner Paul Hunt has undermined free speech by pushing for new hate speech laws.**“

The Commission has become irrelevant, and even dangerous when it cannot defend our most basic human right. “The Commission has become a highly-politicised, left-wing organisation, and when it comes to actually helping people with human rights, it doesn’t help at all.

“ACT sees no purpose for it and would abolish it completely.”

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“**Chief Human Rights Commissioner Paul Hunt has undermined free speech by pushing for new hate speech laws.**“

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