 establish a Bullying Prevention Week and profile bullying prevention best practice through the media;  heighten awareness of the importance of addressing bullying systematically and proactively by supporting school communities in the development of best practice by providing the knowledge and resources they need to facilitate and sustain their bullying prevention and response efforts; and  encourage building the evidence-base for effective practice: o enhancing the capacity to collect data; o encouraging research and evaluation to identify what works; o collecting and sharing best / informed practice; and o supporting new developments / innovations in line with the evidence 239 In October 2016 BPAG confirmed its intention to start collecting data. 240 School boards of trustees have the overall responsibility for the health and safety of staff, students and others in their schools under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015. Although there is no binding obligation to prevent bullying in the Act, the Commission believes that the health and safety responsibilities in the Act require boards of trustees to take all necessary steps to ensure the physical and mental health of students including by preventing bullying and abuse. 241 The Commission recommends that the Committee urge the Government to:  systematically collect data on violence and bullying in schools; monitor the impact of the student mental health and well-being initiatives recently introduced in schools on the reduction of the incidence of violence and bullying; and assess the effectiveness of measures, legislative or otherwise, in countering violence and bullying; and  ensure that there is a binding obligation on schools to prevent violence and bullying. Page 63 of 93 Human Rights Commission submission to the Human Rights Committee in relation to New Zealand’s 6th periodic review under the ICCPR