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:
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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
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