Summary of
Output Areas
Outcome areas
Performance
measures
The Commission’s outputs are determined by its statutory functions.
The Commission categorises its outputs as:
1
education, promotion and advocacy − ensuring human rights
protections are put into practice by undertaking human rights
education; coordinating community development programmes;
and disseminating information and tools to encourage advocacy
and good practice
2
monitoring and reporting − incorporating international human
rights standards in New Zealand law, policy and decision-making
by providing advice, guidance, information and analysis to the
Government; international human rights treaty bodies; and
civil society
3
enquiries and complaints, and legal interventions − providing
a disputes resolution service that is efficient, informal and costeffective; and an information and referral service for enquirers on
human rights matters and providing legal representation under the
Human Rights Act 1993 and bringing proceedings under the Privacy
Act 1993.
Each output is linked to one or more of the following outcome areas for
2013–14:
1
work and education: eliminating barriers so all people in Aotearoa
New Zealand have access to decent and productive work and quality
education
2
housing, health and community: promoting inclusion and
participation by improving access to healthy housing, the highest
attainable level of health and wellbeing, and accessibility consistent
with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
3
violence and abuse: promoting steps which enable the people in
Aotearoa New Zealand to be free from violence and abuse
4
human rights mainstreaming: ensuring human rights standards are
fully reflected in law, policy and practice.
To measure our performance, the Commission set quantity and quality
measures for each of the key activities outlined in our Statement of
Intent for 2013−14.
The quality measures that relate to monitoring, providing advice and the
production of case studies, reports and resources are:
1
Annual Report 2014
participation: where appropriate, the views of affected parties
are considered and ways to have their views communicated are
incorporated into the advice or guidance
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