1. The New Zealand Human Rights Commission (“Commission”) welcomes the opportunity to make this submission to the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (“Committee”) to inform its development of a list of issues (“LOI”) in relation to New Zealand’s upcoming 8th periodic report under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (“CEDAW”). 2. This submission sets out what the Commission views as key challenges in relation to New Zealand’s implementation of CEDAW. A summary of recommendations, including questions that the Committee may wish to ask and information that it may wish to request, is set out below. This summary is followed by detailed background information (in Appendix 1) and a table recording progress in implementing the Committee’s 2012 recommendations (in Appendix 2). SUMMARY OF RECOMENDATIONS The Commission recommends that the following questions (and requests for information) be included in the Committee’s LOI for New Zealand: General matters of implementation – Article 2 Data Collection 1. What steps is the Government taking to develop systems to collect robust disaggregated data to ensure no population group is left behind? 2. What steps is the Government taking to incorporate the SDGs into its public policy and legislative framework? 3. How does the Government intend to monitor and review its progress in meeting its commitments under the SDGs? Discrimination – Article 2 Overincarceration of Māori women 4. Provide updated statistical data on Māori women and girls at all stages of the criminal justice system. 5. Update on the achievements and challenges in reducing discrimination against Māori communities in the criminal justice system. 6. Provide information on what the Government considers are the underlying root causes which lead to the high proportion of Māori communities among accused persons, as well as among victims of crime, and update the Committee on steps taken to address these. 1