Human Rights Environment
What are Human Rights?
And what do they mean for me?
Human Rights Legislation
What New Zealand law says about Human Rights, plus specific local issues.
UDHR
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights came into being over sixty years ago.
Action on the Transgender Inquiry
In January 2008 the Human Rights Commission published ‘To Be Who I Am’, the report of the Transgender Inquiry.
About Us
What does the New Zealand Human Rights Commission do?
Human Rights in New Zealand 2010
The New Zealand Action Plan has led the direction of the Commission’s work as a guardian of and advocate for human rights.
Human rights education
Learning about human rights, and how to promote/protect the rights of individuals & communities.
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
All people, regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity, have the same rights and freedoms.
About human rights
Human rights are the basic rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled. They are expressed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the United Nations in 1948 and through international treaties adopted since then