Summary of Presentations 1 Dr Pat Tuohy, Chief Advisor (Child and Youth Health) to the Ministry of Health •  Dr Pat Tuohy represented the New Zealand government at the fifth periodic report of New Zealand to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) in Geneva 2016 where New Zealand was questioned on the rights of intersex children. • Dr Tuohy addressed the recommendations of the UNCRC and noted that the changes needed will be a transitional process and won’t be finished until society as a whole rejects the binary nature of gender that drives much of what health practitioners do in the field of intersex healthcare. • The offer of adding an Intersex Clinical Network to the Paediatric Society of New Zealand Clinical Network group, funded via the Ministry of Health, was introduced. The practicalities of how such clinical networks have worked for other key health topics were explained. Dr Tuohy acknowledged that the establishment of this group would not meet all of the recommendations from the UNCRC but would be a good foundation for further work. • The complex issues on working in consultation with parents around consent were highlighted. It was noted that both clinicians and whänau need access to education in this area. Mobilising support in communities would be key to achieving positive lifelong outcomes for intersex people. 2 Mani Mitchell, Executive Director of the Intersex Trust of Aotearoa New Zealand (ITANZ) • Mani Mitchell provided an update to the Roundtable and their international and national advocacy over the last 12 months. • Acknowledged the important relationship between the NZ Human Rights Commission and ITANZ, with special mention to the foundational support of Dame Margaret Sparrow, Sir Paul Reeves, and Rosslyn Noonan. • Briefed the Roundtable participants on the United Nations Human Rights mandates and the issues faced by intersex people. Updates from the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, the UN Committee Against Torture, the UN World Health Organization, and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights were presented to the group.  ey updates from ITANZ’s work over the ° K last 12 months include:  ublication of the Astrea Foundation ° P We Are Real report3.  submission by ITANZ to the UN Committee ° A Against Torture in preparation for New Zealand’s review under the 7th periodic cycle. This resulted in a request by the Committee to New Zealand in their list of issues prior to reporting to comment on “premature surgery and other medical treatment to which intersex children are subjected,” and to “indicate the number of intersex children who have undergone sex assignment surgery during the reporting period.”4  he Sydney intersex retreat and the ° T publication of the Darlington Statement.5 8 Human Rights Commission