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