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The Human Rights Foundation of Aotearoa New Zealand is a non-governmental organisation in New Zealand, which seeks "to promote and defend human rights through research based education and advocacy.〔Human Rights Foundation ("About the Foundation" ) (Retrieved 5 May 2014)〕" The Foundation purports to do this by making submissions on bills that might involve human rights issues and investigating New Zealand's compliance with international obligations. The Foundation also takes an interest in human rights issues in the Pacific Islands.〔 The Foundation was established in December 2001〔 and was incorporated as a charitable trust on 23 October 2001 under the Charitable Trusts Act 1957.〔(Charitable Trusts Act 1957 )〕 ==Organisation== Members of the Foundation can either be ordinary members or Foundation (Life) Members, depending on the membership fee paid.〔 The Officers of the Human Rights Foundation are its Patron, the Chairperson, the Secretary and the Treasurer, who are all selected by an election.〔Human Rights Foundation ''Constitution'', section 7. Constitution can be accessed through the supporting documents on the Foundation's Charity Summary page on the Charities Register website The Human Rights Foundation's current Chairperson is Peter Hosking, who comes from a legal background and has worked in the human rights field.〔 Hosking has been a consultant to the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and to the United Nations Development Programme.〔 He was also formerly the Proceedings Commissioner for the New Zealand Human Rights Commission.〔Human Rights Foundation ("Staff and Management Committee" ) (Retrieved 5 May 2014)〕 Former Governor-General of New Zealand Dame Silvia Cartwright is the Patron of the Foundation.〔 Members of the Management Committee include Margaret Bedggood, who was the Chief Commissioner of the Human Rights Commission (New Zealand) from 1989-1994 (during which time the Human Rights Act 1993 was passed) and was on Amnesty International's Executive Committee from 1999-2005,〔 and Tim McBride, who wrote the New Zealand Handbook of Civil Liberties〔Tim McBride ''New Zealand Handbook of Civil Liberties'' (Price Milburn, Auckland, 1973)〕 and was a founding member of the Human Rights Foundation.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Human Rights Foundation (New Zealand)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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