background information and a table recording progress in implementing the Committee’s 2014 recommendations. Summary of recommendations and information that could be requested by the Committee The IMM recommends that the following questions (and requests for information) be included in the Committee’s LOIPR for New Zealand: 1. Prenatal Screening Related Discrimination – Article 5 a.) What legal and policy requirements are in place to ensure that doctors and other medical professionals provide full information to people who receive positive prenatal test results for disabilities, particularly Down Syndrome? b.) Does this include a requirement to provide information regarding resources, support and advice that is available to assist children with Down Syndrome or other identified disabilities to live full and meaningful lives within the community? c.) What steps are taken to ensure that these requirements are complied with in all cases? d.) Please provide data regarding termination of pregnancies for reasons related to the detection of disabilities in utero in general, and Down Syndrome in particular. 2. Māori/Pasifika – Article 5 a.) Please provide information about the underlying root causes which lead to the high rate of Māori with disabilities represented in poor socio-economic outcomes in comparison to other ethnic groups (and as a proportion of the population?). b.) Please provide information about the underlying root causes which lead to the high rate of Pasifika people with disabilities represented in poor socio-economic outcomes in comparison to other ethnic groups (and as a proportion of the population?). c.) With regards to ethnicities overrepresented in negative disability-related statistics, please provide information as to any specific programmes and initiatives aimed at reducing poor socio-economic outcomes for these groups (information to be disaggregated by ethnicity, gender, disability et-cetera). d.) Please provide information on the multiple or compounding barriers or discrimination(s) that Maori and Pasifika peoples can be subject to? 3. Women – Article 6 a.) Please provide information as to what actions have occurred since the last reporting period to assist women with disabilities in obtaining education and employment and in combating domestic violence. Page 3