Development assistance Part C: Question 4 9 Rights of refugees and asylum seekers Part D: Question 6 14 Equal rights of men and women Part E: Question 12 20 Right to social security Part F: Question 14 26 Child poverty Part G: Right to Water 27 Right to water Summary of Recommendations 34 1.0 Introduction This submission is on behalf of the Human Rights Foundation of Aotearoa New Zealand. It is a shadow report to the New Zealand Government’s 3rd Periodic Report to the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. The Human Rights Foundation is a non-governmental organisation, established in December 2001, to promote and defend human rights through research-based education and advocacy. We have made submissions on new laws with human rights implications. We also monitor compliance and implementation of New Zealand’s international obligations in accordance with the requirements of the international conventions New Zealand has signed, and have prepared parallel reports for relevant United Nations treaty bodies to be considered alongside official reports. Though the primary focus of the Foundation is on human rights in New Zealand, we recognise the universality of human rights and have an interest in human rights in the Pacific and beyond.
Development assistance Part C: Question 4 Rights of refugees and asylum seekers 9 Part D: Question 6 Equal rights of men and women 14 Part E: Question 12 Right to social security 20 Part F: Question 14 Child poverty 26 Part G: Right to Water Right to water 27 Summary of Recommendations 34 1.0 Introduction This submission is on behalf of the Human Rights Foundation of Aotearoa New Zealand. It is a shadow report to the New Zealand Government’s 3rd Periodic Report to the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. The Human Rights Foundation is a non-governmental organisation, established in December 2001, to promote and defend human rights through research-based education and advocacy. We have made submissions on new laws with human rights implications. We also monitor compliance and implementation of New Zealand’s international obligations in accordance with the requirements of the international conventions New Zealand has signed, and have prepared parallel reports for relevant United Nations treaty bodies to be considered alongside official reports. Though the primary focus of the Foundation is on human rights in New Zealand, we recognise the universality of human rights and have an interest in human rights in the Pacific and beyond.