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2014年7月22日

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University of Canterbury Law Clinic

University of Canterbury supports WeCAN human rights claims

"University of Canterbury Law Clinic to support WeCAN Human Rights Claims", 23 June 2014

The Wider Earthquake Community Action Network (WeCAN), supported by the University of Canterbury School of Law Clinical Studies Programme, are pleased to announce the formation of a law clinic project, with volunteer law student interns, to support local residents who have filed human rights claims against a number of insurance and construction companies operating in Canterbury. The claims have been filed under the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, which sets out responsibilities of companies to avoid causing or contributing to human rights violations. According to Steve Patterson who is leading the litigation on behalf of WeCAN, the project aims, "To hold companies accountable for their conduct or complicity, in causing, exacerbating or contributing to human rights violations in the Canterbury rebuild. Over 70 individual complaints have been filed by Canterbury residents, with the common allegations being the failure of Insurance companies to resolve claims more than three years after the earthquakes, and construction firms not starting, completing or inadequately repairing earthquake damaged homes." He further added, "What we are seeing from the complaints are not just vulnerable, but also hard working people living in exceptionally physically and mentally stressed environments approaching 4 years, and suffering detrimental health from the ongoing delays. These are violations of peoples' rights to health and adequate housing under the international human rights covenants NZ has signed, which these companies need to be held to account for." The National Contact Point of the OECD in NZ has now requested that evidence be supplied to substantiate allegations made. However they have ruled that claims relating to EQC and Southern Response could not be included because they were part of the government. According to Brent Cairns, a WeCAN spokesperson "many were not happy with this decision and felt that they should also be held accountable."

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