Privacy, Data and Technology: Human Rights Challenges in the Digital Age Last Publication Date: 08 May 2018 This paper provides a high-level summary of the key international and domestic human rights standards and principles that can guide legal and policy frameworks in responding…
What's Working: Improving equal employment opportunities in the public service Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2014 Equal employment opportunity (EEO) is about equality in the workplace. It is a human right to be treated fairly at every point of the employment process…
Making disability rights real: Second Report of the Independent Monitoring Mechanism of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2014 This second report of the Disability Convention Independent Monitoring Mechanism (IMM) details some of the experiences disabled people in New Zealand encounter each day. It highlights…
Race Relations in 2013 Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2014 Race Relations in 2013 is the tenth annual review of race relations published by the Human Rights Commission. Documenting the main developments in race relations and…
Monitoring Human Rights in the Earthquake Recovery Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2013 Human rights don’t disappear the moment an earthquake, a hurricane or a tsunami strikes. We witnessed after the Indian Ocean tsunami, the earthquake in Haiti and…
A New Era in the Right to Sign Last Publication Date: 01 Sep 2013 In 2006, after many years of lobbying by the deaf community, the New Zealand Sign Language Act was passed, making New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) an…
Race Relations in 2012 Last Publication Date: 01 May 2013 New Zealand’s compliance with international human rights treaties was considered by two United Nations treaty bodies in 2012 – the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural…
Making disability rights real Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2012 This report reflects the information and data currently available on disabled people. The partners in the monitoring mechanism agreed to focus on certain aspects of the…
Making disability rights real 2011 – 2012 report Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2012 This report reflects the information and data currently available on disabled people. The partners in the monitoring mechanism agreed to focus on certain aspects of the…
Census of Women’s Participation 2012 Last Publication Date: 01 Nov 2012 How women fare in New Zealand.
