New Zealand’s kosher slaughter ban

New Zealand’s Jewish community is mounting a legal case against the New Zealand’s new law banning kosher slaughter. Sweden, Norway, Finland, Switzerland, Iceland, Estonia, Latvia and Croatia have adopted a similar stance to New Zealand.

The legal case is likely to center on the law’s apparent violation of New Zealand’s Bill of Rights, which protects the right to a person’s religion, and its possible breach of the Animal Welfare Act, which contains provisions for religious rights.