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encourage the compulsory provision of training in relevant undergraduate
and postgraduate courses on appropriate medical responses to intersex
conditions; and
legislate against non-consensual surgical procedures on children aimed solely
at correcting genital ambiguity.
The Commission recommends that the Committee - in order to address the high rate
of suicide in New Zealand - urge the Government to:
take similar steps for adult males to those taken in regard to youth in New
Zealand; and
to ensure mental health services are adequately funded, particularly in
Canterbury.
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The Commission recommends that the Committee encourages the Government to
report to the Committee on what actions it has taken to respond to the
recommendations from the IPCA in relation to Operation 8.
20
The Commission recommends that the Committee urge the Government to commit
to ensuring that:
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asylum seekers detained in correctional facilities are separated from other
prisoners;
asylum seekers are not subject to criminal standards of detention; and
prison staff are appropriately trained in relation to standards of detention for
asylum seekers, the identification of the symptoms of trauma and human rights.
The Commission recommends that Committee encourage the Government to review
the Immigration Amendment Act to ensure that:
where detention is deemed to be a necessity, a maximum 30 day time limit
should be adhered to, so that all asylum seekers are moved into the
community once health, character and identity checks are complete; and
adequate review mechanisms are available to those detained as part of a
‘mass group’ which consider individual circumstances to avoid delay,
discrimination and unnecessary detention.
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