Outcome 3: Accountable duty-bearers Government and other duty-bearers are held to account for improving performance against domestic and international Te Tiriti and human rights commitments. Tangata Whenua have mechanisms to effectively hold Government and other duty-bearers to account for improving performance against pre-existing, Tiriti, and human rights responsibilities and commitments. Performance expectation • Inquire into, report on, and highlight duty-bearers’ performance against commitments • Identify and share case studies of performance by duty-bearers. What this looks like • Implement our international monitoring and reporting obligations as Aotearoa’s NHRI • Respond to significant human rights concerns • Contributing human rights analysis to government and other duty-bearer processes. How well did we do? • In collaboration with Disabled People’s Organisations and the Office of the Ombudsman, the Commission attended Geneva and made a submission to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The UN Committee’s findings and recommendations, issued in September 2022, reflect the Commission’s submission. In this way, the Commission helped to hold the New Zealand Government internationally accountable for its legally binding commitments under the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. • The national inquiry into the Pacific Pay Gap has contributed to positive legislative initiatives. • In support of the Pou Tikanga-led Whānau Rangatiratanga project, a training module on the Declaration and its connection to Te Tiriti o Waitangi was prepared and delivered to over 70 community facilitators. The training has supported facilitators to work with whānau groups to develop plans that will help them strengthen their rangatiratanga and achieve their selfdetermination aspirations. • Commission staff participated and presented at the annual sessions of the UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP), the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, an EMRIP expert seminar hosted by the University of British Columbia, and a discussion on Indigenous Peoples’ participation at the UN, hosted by the UN Secretary General. • The Commission continued its secretariat support of the Aotearoa Independent Monitoring Mechanism for UNDRIP, and supported the Mechanism to prepare its ninth annual monitoring report, noting developments and key issues for Indigenous Peoples’ rights in Aotearoa. 14 Pūrongo ā-tau Annual Report 2023