First review of New Zealand's implementation of the UNCRPD
This page explains New Zealand's first review under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), which took place in 2014. It includes information about the review process and the New Zealand Government's response to the recommendations made by the UNCRPD Committee.
List of Issues and the Government’s response
In March 2011, the New Zealand Government submitted a report to the UNCRPD Committee about its progress implementing the UNCRPD. This informed the Committee's List of Issues for the first review. Published in April 2014, the List of Issues included 31 questions about New Zealand's implementation of the UNCRPD.
The Government submitted its written response in June 2014.
The following documents are available on the UN website:
- New Zealand Government report to the Committee external URL
- List of Issues external URL
- The Government's written response to the List of Issues external URL
Contributions from New Zealand civil society
Non-government organisations provided information to the UNCRPD Committee as part of the review process. The following submissions are available on the UN website:
- Report from the disability community in Auckland external URL
- Submission from Disabled Persons Assembly on behalf of Disabled People's Organisations external URL
- Submission from Peter Shuttleworth external URL
Recommendations from the UNCRPD Committee
On 4 October 2014, the UNCRPD Committee released its Concluding Observations (recommendations) following its first review of New Zealand.
The Minister for Disability Issues welcomed the feedback and recommendations, and advised New Zealand would formally respond in 2015.
Minister for Disability Issues’ media release on the Concluding Observations external URL
Government response to the UNCRPD Committee’s recommendations
In June 2015, the government released its response to the Committee’s recommendations.
- Government response to the UNCRPD's Concluding Observations (DOCX 370KB)
- Minister for Disability Issue’s media release on the Government response external URL
Alternate formats
Easy Read
Easy Read - Concluding Observations (PDF 5MB)
NZSL
NZSL videos are available for parts of the Concluding Observations.