New Zealand National Universal Periodic Review Report

9 April 2009

4. Key Human Rights Priorities

The key priorities of the New Zealand Government as noted in this report are:

• improving the economic, social and cultural wellbeing of people in New Zealand;
• reducing violence within families and its impact on women and children;
• improving the opportunities and responsibilities of young people in New Zealand through the education and youth justice systems;
• strengthening the rights of victims of crime;
• improving the consultation process with civil society for future human rights reporting and follow-up to recommendations;
• strengthening the partnership between the Government and Māori by continuing to support Māori to realise their potential and continuing the momentum on achieving fair, just and practical settlements of historical claims under the Treaty of Waitangi; and
• the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the New Zealand Disability Strategy.

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