New Zealand Human Rights Commission Submission to the CAT in relation to NZ’s 6th
periodic review
Table 3: Prosecutions and convictions for sexual violence against adult women (>16
years)
NUMBER OF CHARGES
PROSECUTED
Number of convictions
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
1049
1084
1057
1080
1265
1152
1086
1214
1282
403
386
360
347
447
434
400
401
522
38%
36%
34%
32%
35%
38%
37%
33%
41%
5
3
5
2
4
3
3
6
6
<1%
<1%
<1%
<1%
<1%
<1%
<1%
<1%
<1%
6
3
6
7
8
6
9
4
11
<1%
<1%
<1%
<1%
<1%
<1%
1%
<1%
<1%
635
692
686
724
806
709
674
803
743
61%
64%
65%
67%
64%
62%
62%
66%
58%
% of charges prosecuted
Number of Youth Court proved
% of charges prosecuted
Number discharged without conviction
% of charges prosecuted
Number of other outcomes
% of charges prosecuted
Source: New Zealand Police
Table 4: Number of hospitalisations for assault on women aged between 15 and 50 years
TOTAL HOSPITALISATIONS FOR
ASSAULTS ON WOMEN AGED 1550
Assault hospitalisation – perpetrator
family member
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
344
416
417
411
455
489
461
451
173
229
226
227
232
287
255
251
50%
55%
54%
55%
51%
59%
55%
56%
50
64
63
64
87
99
91
83
15%
15%
15%
16%
19%
20%
20%
18%
121
123
128
120
136
103
115
117
35%
30%
31%
29%
30%
21%
25%
26%
% total assault hospitalisations
Assault hospitalisation – perpetrator
non-family member
% total assault hospitalisations
Assault hospitalisation – relationship
with perpetrator unknown
% total assault hospitalisations
Source: Ministry of Health
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