International Human Rights Instruments

Our government must also report under the following international human rights instruments:

• International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)
• International Covenant on Economic, Cultural and Social Rights (ICECR)
• Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading treatment or punishment (CAT)
• Convention on the Elimination of all forms of discrimination against women (CEDAW)
• Universal Periodic Review (UPR)
• Convention on the Elimination of All forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD)
• Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)

Concluding Observations of the Human Rights Committee

 For the latest version of the  documents list below - follow the links in the UN Committee on the rights of the Child website:

• International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

• Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading treatment or punishment

• Some Aspects of New Zealand’s Compliance with the
  International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
  Racial Discrimination
• Convention on the Elimination of All forms of Racial Discrimination

Go to the Human Rights Commission National Plan of Action website in which information about human rights and Aotearoa New Zealand's obligations is being merged.