APPENDIX 2: IMPLEMENTATION OF 2012 CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS CEDAW COMMITTEE Key: No action Some improvement / Actioned Work underway Recommendation Parliament Increase dissemination of the State party report as well as the Committee’s concluding observations to all Parliamentarians. Consider establishing a Human Rights Select Committee in Parliament to strengthen oversight of human rights, especially on women’s rights and gender. Definition of gender discrimination and gender equality Incorporate into legislation the principle of equality between women & men in accordance article 2(a) of the Convention. Establish a legal definition of discrimination on the basis of sex in line with article 1 on the Convention. Extend state responsibility for acts of discrimination by public and private actors in accordance with 2(e) of the Convention. Visibility of the Convention, the Optional Protocol and the Committee’s General recommendations Enhance women’s awareness of their rights and the means of access to justice at national and local levels for violations of their rights under the Convention. Ensure that information on the Convention is provided to women in all parts of the State party including schools & tertiary institutions and through information campaigns and media. Disseminate the Convention, the Optional Protocol, and the Committee’s general recommendations and views among all segments of society. Organise legal education and regular training for Government officers, legislators, Judges, lawyers, magistrates, prosecutors and the Police on the Convention and its applicability as a framework for all law, court decisions and policies on gender equality. Access to Justice and legal complaints mechanism Facilitate women’s access to justice by providing free legal aid to women without sufficient means. Increase efforts to make sure migrant women and Māori women are not discriminated against in the administration of justice. Implement systemic training to the legal profession and NGO on the application of legislation prohibiting discrimination including access to justice. 17 Status