Family violence policy and online tool Following the design of a prototype family violence policy for New Zealand businesses by the Commission, and after an extensive survey of business attitudes to implementing a family violence policy and mapping of services for those who want to stop using violence, the Commission was joined by seven major businesses – The Warehouse, ANZ, Countdown, Vodafone, Fonterra, Ricoh, and EY – in releasing a model workplace policy and tool: www.businessworkingtoendfamilyviolence.co.nz Employers can adapt and use the model policy to address family violence issues among their employees. Human rights due diligence The Commission continues to meet regularly with the Labour Inspectorate and other MBIE officials to continue the Government’s progress in embedding human rights due diligence into all-of-government procurement contracts. The Commission also advised on the Modern-Day Slavery Act coming into effect in Australia and the impacts it will have on New Zealand businesses. Sport and human rights The Chief Commissioner spoke at the 9th Commonwealth Sports Ministers Meeting (CSMM) ahead of the opening of the Commonwealth Games on Australia’s Gold Coast earlier this year. Delegations from 45 Commonwealth nations and territories attended the meeting. His speech focused on the work of the Commonwealth Advisory Body on Sport (CABOS) and the importance of sport protecting and promoting the human rights of everyone involved, particularly athletes. The Commission worked with the Commonwealth Secretariat to prepare a briefing paper for CSMM. The paper called for a greater recognition of sport as a human right and for the opportunities it offers to achieve the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) agenda. These were agreed in the Ministers’ meeting communique, particularly around the need for joint strategies and action to coordinate policy so it maximises the benefits of investing in sport. The Chief Commissioner’s discussion paper States’ Obligations Under International Human Rights Conventions: The implications for Government Sport Policy was published as a book by the Commonwealth Secretariat to coincide with the Commonwealth Games. It examines how human rights can be protected in and through sport to advance the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda and links the Sustainable Development Goals and targets relevant to sport to the human rights treaties that underpin them. The Chief Commissioner worked with the Mega Sporting Events Platform to produce two further resources, Championing Human Rights in the Governance of Sports Bodies and The Mega-Sporting Event Lifecycle: Embedding Human Rights from Vision to Legacy. 26 Human Rights Commission