Improve accessibility The HRC undertook a multi-year project to and effectiveness of HRC improve accessibility of its enquiries and discrimination complaints service. complaints procedures Actioned Consider ratifying ILO The Government has no plans to ratify any of 169 concerning these Conventions. Indigenous and Tribal peoples, the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Peoples and the Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers Rejected Consider accepting the The Government agreed to consider accepting Under action CERD Article 14 the Article 14 procedure. Public consultation complaint procedure took place in 2011. There is no decision as yet. Priorities for 2012 • Engage with the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in their review of New Zealand's compliance with the Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. • Make provision for individual complaints of racial discrimination to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination under Article 14 of the Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. 3. Action on Diversity The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, in its review of New Zealand’s race relations performance in 2007, commended the Human Rights Commission’s New Zealand Diversity Action Programme. The programme brings together organisations taking practical action to promote cultural diversity, racial equality, harmonious relations and effective observance of the Treaty of Waitangi. The programme is indicative of the wide range of activities that take place in the community throughout New Zealand to maintain and develop cultural diversity and harmonious race relations. In the past five years, around 250 organisations have participated in the 11