- Key Focus Areas
- Enquiries and Complaints
- Human Rights
- EEO
- The Treaty
- Disabled People
- Race Relations
- International & UN
- Office of Human Rights Proceedings
- Library
Human Rights Environment
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 is a milestone document in the history of human rights.
Monitoring Places of Detention
New Zealand has signed the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture, which obligates it to monitor places of detention ‘in order to prevent torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.’
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 Education
The Commission offers education and training on human rights topics.
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.
Canterbury Recovery Project
The Commission is committed to making sure that the rights of Canterbury residents, particularly those most vulnerable, are a key consideration in the post quake recovery.
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
