DP v R - [2016] 2 NZLR 306

Criminal practice and procedure — Suppression orders — Youth convicted of manslaughter — Name suppression — Principles — Suppression of visual or photographic image — Whether publication would cause extreme hardship — Assessing individual circumstances — Balancing exercise between competing private and public interests — International obligations — Special protection of young persons — United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, s 25.

Interpretation — Construction — International Covenants and Conventions — United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child — Interpretation of statute in accordance with international obligations.