Human Rights

New Zealand is strongly committed to the protection and promotion of international human rights, as embodied in the Universal Declaration on Human Rights and in the seven core human rights treaties.

New Zealand seeks to defend and advance international human rights in multilateral human rights fora, focussing on the meetings of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva and in the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly in New York and negotiations of new international human rights instruments.

New Zealand also focuses on the promotion of human rights in our region and in countries with which we have bilateral relationships, through exchanging views about human rights and providing practical assistance.

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Latest Human Rights Statements by New Zealand Representatives and on behalf of New Zealand

• Panel Discussion on the Role of Languages and Culture in the Promotion and Protection of the Well-Being and Identity of Indigenous People
  Statement by Lucy Richardson, New Zealand Permanent Mission, Geneva - 20 September 2011
• HRC 17: Item 4: Situation of human rights in individual countries
  Statement by New Zealand - 15 June 2011
• HRC 17: Interactive Dialogue: Special Rapporteur Freedom of Expression
  Statement by New Zealand - 3 June 2011 [PDF 800KB]
• HRC 17: Universal Periodic Review of Australia: Adoption of the outcome
  Statement by New Zealand - 8 June 2011 [PDF 315KB]
• HRC 17: Universal Periodic Review of the Republic of Nauru: Adoption of the outcome
  Statement by New Zealand - 7 June 2011 [PDF 300KB]
• HRC 17: Annual full day discussion on Women and Violence: Interactive Dialogue
  Statement by New Zealand [PDF 400KB]
• HRC 16: Annual panel debate on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
  Statement by New Zealand [PDF 86KB]
• HRC 16: Universal Periodic Review of the Federated States of Micronesia: Adoption of the outcome
  Statement by New Zealand
• HRC 16: Universal Periodic Review of the Republic of the Marshall Islands: Adoption of the outcome
  Statement by New Zealand
• HRC 16: Democratic People’s Republic of Korea - Interactive dialogue
  Statement by New Zealand
• HRC 16: Statement on Myanmar
  Statement by New Zealand
• HRC 16: Clustered interactive dialogue: Torture and Counter-Terrorism
  Statement by New Zealand
• HRC 16: Item 2 Interactive dialogue with High Commissioner 3 March 2011
  

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