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UN Committee examines NZ government's
performance on racial discrimination
Information on the 82nd session, February 2013

The government's performance in implementing the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination was considered by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on 21 and 22 February 2013, during its 82nd session in Geneva. The Committee's Concluding Observations are available here.

A summary of the Concluding Observations, 'Racial Discrimination: UN Committee recommendations on New Zealand', is available on Facebook, on Yahoo News, and formatted for printing.

  • This page has information on the 82nd session: when and where you can watch the session, media coverage and who said what in Geneva - please scroll down the page if these internal page links do not work in your browser.

  • Background information: on the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (the Convention), the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (the Committee, CERD), the NZ government and the Convention, the government's report to CERD, the List of Themes sent to the government by the Committee, NGO parallel reports to CERD, what CERD has said about the NZ government before, the follow up procedure (2008 and 2009), and useful links and other relevant information are available here.

    • When and where you can watch the session

    Who said what in Geneva

      The government delegation was led by Judith Collins, Minister of Justice, Minister of Ethnic Affairs and Minister of ACC. The delegation's opening statement is available here. The UNOG overview of the interactive dialogue 'Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination considers report of New Zealand', 22 February 2013, is available here.

    Media coverage