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Govt criticised over gender rights


Photo: RNZThe Human Rights Commission is disappointed the Government is not moving faster to provide explicit legal protection for people with diverse gender identities. In January this year, the United Nation's Human Right's Council and its members made 194 recommendations for New Zealand to improve its human rights record as part of its five-yearly Universal Periodic Review (UPR). Human Rights Commissioner Paul Hunt said he was disappointed to see it had not been acted on. Human Rights Commission noted in its 2008 Transgender Inquiry that to advance the rights of LGBTQI people, trans people needed explicit protection under the Human Rights Act. She said change would give a solid human rights basis for further improvements, but it was important government made the best law possible and included wider discussion.


Source: Otago Daily Times July 04, 2019 21:45 UTC



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