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.
Contents
Introduction ........................................................................................... 26
The Disability Convention and the Independent Monitoring Mechanism
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The approach .................................................................................... 28
Key issues ............................................................................................ 29
Data ..................................................................................................29
Accessibility....................................................................................... 29
Building a people-driven system ........................................................ 30
Violence and abuse ...........................................................................30
Education .......................................................................................... 31
Other matters of concern ...................................................................31
Reliance on substituted decision-making .......................................31
Removal of remedies for unlawful discrimination in relation to family
caregivers ...................................................................................... 31
Serious health outcomes ............................................................... 32
Right to family life ..........................................................................32
Key recommendations ..........................................................................32
Monitoring programme for the next period ............................................34
Recommendations in the body of the report.........................................34
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