A New Era in the Right to Sign

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Title

A New Era in the Right to Sign

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Description

In 2006, after many years of lobbying by the deaf community, the New Zealand Sign Language Act was passed, making New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) an official language of New Zealand. However, the Human Rights Commission continues to receive enquiries and complaints from deaf people about discrimination they experience trying to access or use NZSL.The Commission began this NZSL Inquiry because of concerns about the barriers deaf people continue to experience when using their own language. Bar...

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Research paper

Date created

15 Mar 2018

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Human Rights Commission (HRC) / Human Rights Commission | Te Kāhui Tika Tangata

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Human Rights & Civil Liberties / Language / Special Education

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