New Zealand Human Rights Commission Submission to the CAT in relation to NZ’s 6th periodic review inclusive. It moves away from seeing individual students as a “problem” and towards proactively changing the environment around them to support positive behaviour. However, less than half the schools in New Zealand are engaged in the initiative. 97. The Commission recommends that the Committee urge the Government to extend its Positive Behaviour for Learning initiative to all New Zealand schools and fully implement the “Bullying Prevention and Response Strategy and Implementation Plan” agreed by the Bullying Prevention Advisory Group. C. Disabled People Relevant provision of the CAT: Article 2 Key issues:  Disabled people in community care situations are not adequately protected by existing legal frameworks from violence and abuse.  The consent of an intellectually disabled girl under the age of 18 is not required before sterilisation can be performed. Recommendations: The Commission recommends that the Government commit to reviewing:  the application of the Domestic Violence Act 1995 to disabled people in community care situations; and  the current framework for sterilisation in light of its international human rights obligations. 38