Labour appoints a Corbynite as NZ’s Chief Human Rights Commissioner

Stuff reports:

Professor Paul Hunt has been named new Chief Human Rights Commissioner following a sexual harassment scandal at the organisation.

Professor Hunt has an impeccable background in human rights as detailed by his wife in his Wikipedia article.

 

But he is very political also. Just two months ago he was standing for the National Policy Forum of UK Labour as a pro-Corbyn socialist. It appears he was too left wing even for UK Labour, and wasn’t elected.

He argues for “social rights” to be on an equal footing as “human rights”. So the right to social welfare without sanctions to be on the same footing as free speech and freedom from torture.

We should expect a Human Rights Commission that will be even more activist, and campaigning for “social rights”.

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