New designations were made for the new financial year. These can be found on the Commission’s website. The Executive Director is the Chief Executive of the Commission and manages all staff of the Commission except the staff of the Office of Human Rights Proceedings. The Director of Human Rights Proceedings decides whether to provide legal representation to applicants whose complaints of unlawful discrimination have not been resolved through the Commission’s dispute resolution process. The Director’s functions also include bringing proceedings under the Privacy Act 1993 in respect to interferences with privacy referred by the Privacy Commissioner. Claims of unlawful discrimination or interference with privacy are heard in the Human Rights Review Tribunal. The Director manages the staff of the Office of Human Rights Proceedings. Goals and Outcome areas 2013−14 The Commission’s goals for 2013−14 were that: a people in Aotearoa New Zealand enjoy their human rights b duty bearers in Aotearoa New Zealand uphold their human rights responsibilities c people in Aotearoa New Zealand live together harmoniously. The four outcome areas the Commission focused on during 2013–14 were: 1 work and education: eliminating discrimination and barriers so all people in Aotearoa New Zealand have access to decent and productive work and quality education 2 housing, health and community: promoting inclusion and participation by improving access to healthy housing, the highest attainable level of health and wellbeing, and accessibility consistent with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 3 violence and abuse: promoting steps which enable the people in Aotearoa New Zealand to be free from violence and abuse 4 human rights mainstreaming: ensuring human rights standards are fully reflected in law, policy and practice. We worked toward these outcomes by delivering work in the following areas: 1 Annual Report 2014 education, promotion and advocacy: ensuring human rights protections are put into practice by undertaking human rights education; coordinating community development programmes; and disseminating information and tools to encourage advocacy and good practice 13

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