7
f)
Detention of Asylum seekers
46
g)
The Asylum Process
52
TREATMENT OF PERSONS DEPRIVED OF THEIR LIBERTY, INDEPENDENCE 53
OF THE JUDICIARY AND FAIR TRIAL
8
a)
Reverse Onus of Proof
b)
Disproportionate representation of Maori in the Criminal Justice
53
System
54
c)
Mental Health in Detention
58
d)
Disproportionate representation of people with intellectual or
learning disabilities
59
e)
Detention under mental health legislation
60
f)
Transgender people in detention
61
PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
62
a)
62
Violence, child abuse and neglect
9
ADOPTION
65
11
EQUALITY AND NON-DISCRIMINATION, RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN
PUBLIC LIFE AND THE PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS
BELONGING TO ETHNIC MINORITIES
67
12
ARBITRARY INTERFERENCE WITH FAMILY AND HOME
68
APPENDIX 1 LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS
71
APPENDIX 2 SUBMISSION TO SECURITY SURVEILLANCE LEGISLATION
REVIEW
77
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Human Rights Commission submission to the Human Rights Committee in relation to New Zealand’s 6th periodic review under the ICCPR