Nowa Zelandia: Wyrok Sądu Najwyższego z dnia 21 listopada 2022 r. w sprawie Make It 16 Incorporated vs. Attorney-General (dotyczący wieku uprawniającego do głosowania w wyborach), sygn. akt SC 14/2022

• Authors: Rulka Marcin

Title variants

New Zealand: Supreme Court Judgement of 21 November 2022 in Make It 16 Incorporated vs. Attorney-General (Concerning Voting Age for Elections), ref. no. SC 14/2022

• Languages of publication: PL EN

Abstracts

EN

In Make It 16 Incorporated vs. the Attorney-General, 21 November 2022, the Supreme Court of New Zealand ruled that existing legislation that does not allow people to vote in elections before the age of 18 is discriminatory because it is inconsistent with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, which guarantees citizens freedom from age discrimination after the age of 16. The New Zealand Supreme Court has issued a declaration of incompatibility in this regard. However, this does not oblige either the government or parliament to lower the voting age.

Keywords

EN

New Zealand; discrimination; voting rights

• Publisher: Kancelaria Sejmu / Chancellery of the Sejm
• Journal: Przegląd Sejmowy
• Year: 2023
• Issue: 3(176)
• Pages: 195-207

Contributors

author

Rulka Marcin

• Dr Marcin Rulka Wyższa Szkoła Kadr Menedżerskich w Koninie, Polska Higher School of Personnel Management in Konin, Poland [e-mail], https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2617-2148

References

• Wyrok Sądu Apelacyjnego Nowej Zelandii z dnia 14 grudnia 2021 r. w sprawie Make It 16 Incorporated vs. Attorney-General, [2021] NZCA 681, <https://www.makeit16.org.nz/_files/ugd/a1217e_3478819b010642b4a76aaef8a5d01624.pdf>.
• Wyrok Sądu Najwyższego Nowej Zelandii z dnia 7 października 2020 r. w sprawie Make It 16 Incorporated vs. Attorney-General, [2020] NZHC 2630, <https://www.makeit16.org.nz/_files/ugd/a1217e_6b0fae9aa8e24207a09339f4879a7d0c.pdf>.
• Make It 16, <https://www.makeit16.org.nz/>.
• Reuters, New Zealand Govt Reverses Move to Introduce Bill to Lower Voting Age, <https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2023-03-12/new-zealand-govt-reverses-move-to-introduce-bill-to-lower-voting-age>.

Identifiers

DOI

10.31268/PS.2023.193