Report to the
Minister on the
Director’s decisions
The Director of Human Rights Proceedings is required to report annually
to the Minister on the Director’s decisions on applications for free legal
representation in the Human Rights Review Tribunal (Tribunal).3
Summary of
decisions made
The Director made 70 decisions on applications for representation in the
Tribunal. Of those, the Director decided to grant representation to 22
applicants: 14 grants were for representation in the Tribunal and eight
were for representation for settlement attempts (including three for
representation in mediation).
Forty decisions were made not to provide representation and eight to
take no further action.
Expressed as a percentage, the Director provided representation to 31
percent of applicants overall.
Decisions under
the Human Rights
Act
Some 49 percent of the decisions made concerned complaints under Part
1A of the Human Rights Act 1993 (HRA)[1]4 as against 51 percent under
Part 2 of the Act.
Percentage of Complaints made under Part1A vs Part 2
Part 1A
49%
Annual Report 2018
Part 2
51%
3
Under s 92A(4) of the Human Rights Act 1993 (HRA) the Director must report
to the Minister at least once each year and without referring to identifiable
individuals concerned, on the Director’s decisions under s 90(1)(a) (applications
for representation in the Human Rights Review Tribunal in respect to enforcing
settlement) and s 90(1)(c) (applications for representation in the Tribunal in respect to
complaints under the HRA).
4
Part 1A applies to unlawful discrimination complaints against Government branches
or persons or bodies performing public acts pursuant to law (other than complaints
about employment discrimination, racial disharmony, racial harassment, sexual
harassment, and victimisation).
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