human rights constitutes a core aspect of the
Commission’s mandate as a NHRI. Examining
the influence and impact of advocacy and advice
served as a measure in the previous year.
This year, the Commission has implemented
a fresh approach to enhance awareness and
provide education on human rights. Through
close collaboration with partners, we aim to
build a strong commitment and application of
Te Tiriti and human rights. This is part of the
Commission approach to lift the consideration
of human rights across law, policy and practice,
recognising that reform may take time.
• Measure 7.1
Linked directly to the funding the Commission
received to strengthen the Commission’s
capacity “to respond to hate speech, racism
and discrimination”. The Evaluation Framework
seeks to add value to the Commission’s
enquiries and complaints function by supporting
the Commission to better understand and
improve its complaint handling and dispute
resolution service to people experiencing
harmful speech and alleged unlawful
discrimination. The framework was delivered
in the current period and as such has no
comparative result.
• Measure 8.1
Establishes a conversion practices response
(CPR) service and promoting awareness of this
Service and the Conversion Practices Prohibition
Legislation Act 2022. The Conversion Practices
Prohibition Act amends the Human Rights
Act adding section 63A, that performance
of conversion practices are restricted. The
Commission launched its civil redress scheme
for survivors of conversion practices in August
2022. Comprehensive education and prevention
resources for key groups such as religious,
community, cultural, clinical and government
were also developed.
• Overarching measures
The overarching measures 0.1 and 0.2 were
not measured in 2021-22 as a relationship
agreement with the National Iwi Chairs Forum
(NICF) did not exist until the 2022-23 financial
year. This agreement formalises the partnership
and agrees a joint work programme that
responds to Te Tirii o Waitangi, Matike Mai
Aotearoa and human Rights. In 2021-22 the
Commission engaged with the NICF about this
partnership approach and developed a common
understanding of our role together.
As acknowledged in the PBE FRS 48 Standard, the
following attributes apply to the current Service
Performance reporting environment:
a) Service performance reporting is an area of
reporting that continues to evolve;
b) Entities may be subject to a range of Service
Performance reporting requirements, including
legislative requirements and may use a variety of
performance frameworks; and
c) It provides flexibility for entities to determine
how best to report on service performance in an
appropriate and meaningful way.
The Human Rights Commission has provided the
following for its Service Performance reporting:
a) Sufficient contextual information to understand
what the Commission intends to achieve in
broad terms over the medium to long term and
how it will do this [FRS 48 para 15(a)].
b) Provided users with information about what
the Commission has done during the reporting
period in working towards its strategic objectives
[FRS 48 para 15(b)].
c) Present its Service Performance information and
its financial statements together in the Annual
Report [FRS 48 para 6].
d) Present Service Performance information for the
same entity and same reporting period as the
financial statements [FRS 48 para 11].
e) Disclose judgements that have the most
significant effect on the selection, measurement,
aggregation and presentation of Service
Performance information [FRS 48 para 44].
f) Provide comparative information [FRS 48 para
37].
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