APPENDIX 1: List of proposed questions to be included in LOIPR for New Zealand
The Committee may wish to consider including the following questions in its LOIPR for New
Zealand:
1.
BACKGROUND AND GENERAL MATTERS OF IMPLEMENTATION
A. Implementation of Sustainable Development Goals
What steps is the government taking to incorporate the SDGs into its public policy
framework?
How does the government intend to monitor and review its progress in meeting its ICESCR
related commitments under the SDGs?
What steps is the government taking – as part of the Data Futures Partnership or otherwise
- to develop systems to collect robust disaggregated data regarding the extent, cause and
mitigating/aggravating factors for vulnerable populations in New Zealand?
B. Business and Human Rights
What steps is the government taking to ensure businesses delivering goods or services,
such as housing and health, understand their responsiblities under the UNGPs and comply
with these responsibilities?
What steps is the government taking to develop a National Action Plan on Business and
Human Rights?
What is the government doing to ensure that businesses involved in the earthquake
recovery understand their responsibilities under the UNGPs and comply with these
responsibilities?
Can the government update the Committee on the cases taken to the National Contact Point
in relation to the earthquake recovery?
2.
INEQUALITIES
A. Material Deprivation
When does the government intend to develop, introduce and implement the Vulnerable
Children’s Plan?
Does the government intend to introduce measures to address the socio-economic wellbeing of vulnerable children under the auspices of the Vulnerable Children Plan, and, if
so, does the government intend to broaden its scope for that purpose?
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