Contents Executive Summary 4 Introduction 6 SOGIESC-Diverse Communities in New Zealand 7 Human Rights Status of SOGIESC-Diverse People 9 The Right to Freedom from Discrimination 11 The human rights status of sexual orientation 12 The human rights status of gender identity and expression 13 The human rights status of sex characteristics 14 The Human Rights Act 1993 14 Human Rights Commission complaints data 15 Violence and abuse 16 The Right to Information: data collection 21 Collection of official statistics 23 Sexual orientation measurement efforts 24 Gender identity measurement efforts 25 Sex characteristics measurement efforts 26 Data reflective of society 27 The Right to Recognition Before the Law 28 Passports and driver licences 30 Birth certificates 31 Children 32 People with variations of sex characteristics 33 The Right to the Highest Attainable Standard of Health 35 General Health Care 36 Aged care 37 HIV 38 Mental Health 38 Medical interventions to alter sex characteristics 41 Informed consent 43 1