Submission of the New Zealand Human Rights Commission to the 18 th session of the Human Rights Council; New Zealand’s Second Universal Periodic Review. Appendix 1: IMM submission to the UPR 2013/2014 18th SESSION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW Making disability rights real Whakatūturu ngā Tika Hauātanga Submission of the Independent Monitoring Mechanism of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities The Independent Monitoring Mechanism (IMM) for the implementation of the Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) was established by the New Zealand Government in 2011 to fulfil the requirements of Article 33 of the CRPD. The IMM consists of three independent partners: the Ombudsman, the Human Rights Commission and the Convention Coalition. The Convention Coalition is made up of seven national Disabled People’s Organisations (DPOs) with provision for more DPOs to join the coalition Contact Person: Bruce Coleman Senior Policy Analyst, Disability brucec@hrc.co.nz 17 June 2013 17