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UN Committee examines NZ government's
performance on racial discrimination
Information on the 93rd session, August 2017

The government's performance in implementing the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) was considered by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) on 15 and 16 August, during its 93rd session in Geneva.

The Committee's Concluding Observations (CERD/C/NZL/CO/21-22) are available here. Peace Movement Aotearoa's summary of the Concluding Observations is available on Facebook, on Scoop, and formatted for printing.

  • This page has information on the 93rd session: when and where you can watch the session, the government delegation to CERD, who said what in Geneva, and media coverage - 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 (ICERD), the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), the NZ government and ICERD, the government's report to CERD, the List of Themes sent to the government by CERD, NGO parallel reports to CERD, what CERD has said about the NZ government before, and useful links to other relevant information are available here.

When and where you can watch the session

The government delegation

    The government delegation was led by Andrew Bridgman, Secretary for Justice and Chief Executive, Ministry of Justice, and comprised officials from the Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Social Development, Corrections, Police, Ministry of Education, Te Puni Kokiri, Office of Ethnic Communities, and diplomatic representatives from the New Zealand Permanent Mission to the UN.

Who said what in Geneva

Media coverage


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