to report to either or both of the Prime Minister and the Minister responsible
on any existing or proposed legislation (including subordinate legislation),
administrative provision, or policy of the Government that the
Commission considers may affect human rights:
(kb) to promote the development of new international instruments on human
rights:
(kc) to promote and monitor compliance by New Zealand with, and the reporting
by New Zealand on, the implementation of international instruments
on human rights ratified by New Zealand:
(l) to make public statements in relation to any group of persons in, or who
may be coming to, New Zealand who are or may be subject to hostility,
or who have been or may be brought into contempt, on the basis that that
group consists of persons against whom discrimination is unlawful under
this Act:
(m) to develop a national plan of action, in consultation with interested parties,
for the promotion and protection of human rights in New Zealand:
(n) to exercise the following functions in relation to equal employment opportunities:
(i) to evaluate, through the use of benchmarks developed by the
Commission, the roles that legislation, guidelines, and voluntary
codes of practice play in facilitating and promoting best practice
in equal employment opportunities:
(ii) to lead the development of guidelines and voluntary codes of
practice to facilitate and promote best practice in equal employment
opportunities (including codes that identify related rights
and obligations in legislation) in accordance with paragraph (e):
Part 1 s 5 Human Rights Act 1993
Reprinted as at
15 June 2016
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