Submission of the New Zealand Human Rights Commission to the 18 th session of the Human Rights Council; New Zealand’s Second Universal Periodic Review. Consideration of New Zealand’s initial report under Article 35 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Response to List of issues New Zealand Human Rights Commission | Te Kāhui Tika Tangata The New Zealand Human Rights Commission | Te Kāhui Tika Tangata (Commission) is an independent national human rights institution with ‘A’ status accreditation. It derives its statutory mandate from the Human Rights Act 1993. Contact Person: Janet Anderson – Bidois Michael J V White Manager LRM Senior Legal and Policy Analyst janetab@hrc.co.nz michaelw@hrc.co.nz 22 August 2014 1

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