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o the number of cases prosecuted
o the number of convictions secured and acquittals
o reparation and support provided to victims.
Provide statistical data disaggregated by sex, race, sexual orientation, family
status and disability on violence and bullying in schools
Provide statistical data on the rates of abuse and neglect of children over the
reporting period
Update the Committee on the work of the Ministerial Group on Family
Violence and Sexual violence, and the actions the Government has taken in
response to the Law Commission’s report on proposals to better support
victims of sexual violence
Provide statistical data on the number of girls who have undergone sterilisation
without their consent or therapeutic benefit.
What steps is the Government taking to review the current framework for
sterilisation?
What legislative and regulatory measures has the Government taken to ensure
workplace policies support employees who are experiencing family violence?
What steps has the Government taken to monitor all interventions to prevent
violence and abuse wherever occurring and to ensure that they are adjusted
and extended as required on the basis of robust empirical evidence?
What measures does the Government intend to take to evaluate the impact of
new policies on preventing and reporting violence and abuse against children?
What steps is the Government taking to ensure that the Domestic Violence Act
1995 applies to disabled people in community care?
What steps is the government taking to protect disabled people and gender
minorities from violence and abuse? How will the Government specifically
measure and track violence/domestic violence against people with disabilities
and gender minorities?
The Criminal Justice System – Article 11
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Provide an update on the achievements – including implementation of Turning
of the Tide - made to reduce discrimination against Māori in the criminal
justice system
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Provide information on the numbers of persons with disability, including
neuro-disability, imprisoned in New Zealand prisons.
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Provide information on what the Government considers are the underlying
root causes which lead to the high proportion of Māori among accused persons
as well as among victims of crime and update the Committee on
improvements made to address these.
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Provide updated statistical data on Māori and disabled people at all stages of
the criminal justice system.
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