After a history of abuse and victimhood, Ms Wihongi fatally stabbed Mr Hirini in June 2009. In R v Wihongi, Ms Wihongi was denied appeal to the Supreme Court and has exhausted all domestic remedies. EJP Pro Bono and On Campus were asked to prepare research on the possibility of an appeal to the United Nations Human Rights Committee or the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
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The Equal Justice Project on Campus members have published an issues paper concerning judicial accountability and have held a symposium with Chief District Court Judge Jan-Marie Doogue, Dr Rodney Harrison QC, and Edward Willis, a senior solicitor at Webb Henderson and a PhD student in the University of Auckland’s Law Faculty, sitting on the panel.
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The Equal Justice Project holds its first Symposium on Prisoners' Right to Vote.
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EJP On Campus makes an argument to increase paid parental leave before a Select Committee.
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