As such, it is not clear whether the Act adequately protects disabled people experiencing abuse in home-care/live-in support situations. There appears to be an uncertainty about the legal protection available to disabled people experiencing such abuse, and particularly emotional and psychological abuse. 153 The Commission recommends that the Committee urges the Government to  consider whether the Domestic Violence Act 1995 and other legislations provides sufficient protection for disabled people in community care situations and if it doesn’t commit to amending it so as to apply; and  commit to tracking violence/domestic violence against people with disabilities and educate the public as to the disability/violence nexus. C Intersex People 154 A surgical approach to deal with those presenting as ‘intersex’ (a label to describe biological variety of anatomical conditions that do not fall within standard male and female categories) became standard practice in the 1970s. Genital-normalising treatment, involving both surgery and hormone therapy, is however often medically unnecessary, not always consistent with the person’s gender identity, poses severe risks for sexual and reproductive health and is often performed without free and fully informed consent. 155 Section 240A of the Crimes Act 1961 criminalises surgery on the female genitalia of any person, in certain situations. Despite international developments regarding the prohibition of surgical genital normalising interventions until children are able to make their own full and informed decisions, this issue has not been directly addressed by the New Zealand Government. 156 The Commission recommends that the Committee urge the Government to commit to a programme of work over the next reporting period to:  improve the understanding around informed consent and the rights of children and their parent(s), and ensuring that parents and competent young people are made aware of the differing views about medical or surgical interventions before making any decisions;  encourage the compulsory provision of training in relevant undergraduate and postgraduate courses on appropriate medical responses to intersex conditions; and  legislate against non-consensual surgical procedures on children aimed solely at correcting genital ambiguity. Page 42 of 93 Human Rights Commission submission to the Human Rights Committee in relation to New Zealand’s 6th periodic review under the ICCPR