Report to the Minister on the Director’s decisions The Director of Human Rights Proceedings is required to report annually to the Minister on the Director’s decisions on applications for free legal representation in the Human Rights Review Tribunal (Tribunal).35 In March 2019, Robert Kee’s term as Director concluded. Michael Timmins has been appointed as the new Director. The Office is grateful for Robert Kee’s service over his tenure and expresses appreciation to him for leaving the Office in an excellent position to maintain its mandate. Summary of decisions made The Director made 33 decisions on applications for representation in the Tribunal. Of those, the Director decided to grant representation to 10 applicants. Four grants were for representation in the Tribunal, and six were for representation for settlement attempts. • Twenty-two decisions were made not to provide representation; and one to take no further action. • Expressed as a percentage, the Director provided representation to 30 percent of applicants overall. Decisions under the Human Rights Act Thirty-nine percent of the decisions made concerned complaints under Part 1A of the Human Rights Act 1993 (HRA)36 as against 61 percent that concerned complaints under Part 2 of the HRA. Percentage of Complaints made under Part1A and Part 2 Part 1A 39% 52 Part 2 61% Human Rights Commission

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