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Fault lines : human rights in New Zealand Judy McGregor, Sylvia Bell and Margaret Wilson

By: McGregor, Judy.
Contributor(s): Bell, Sylvia | Wilson, Margaret.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Auckland, New Zealand : School of Social Sciences and Public Policy, AUT, 2015Description: electronic document (211 pages); PDF file: 2.35 MB.Subject(s): CHILDREN | Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) | Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) | Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCROC) | Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) | GENDER | HUMAN RIGHTS | The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCP | International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) | JUSTICE | LEGISLATION | MĀORI | VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN | WOMEN | DISABLED PEOPLEOnline resources: Click here to access online Summary: "This three year research project evaluates whether New Zealand’s ratification of the six major international human rights treaties and engagement in the Universal Periodic Review process has increased the implementation of human rights in New Zealand. In other words what does the fact that New Zealand is a signatory to international human rights treaties and regularly reports to the United Nations on its progress in implementing them mean for ordinary New Zealanders? Has it improved their situation?" (from Chapter 1). Record #4656
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"This three year research project evaluates whether New Zealand’s ratification of the six major international human rights treaties and engagement in the Universal Periodic Review process has increased the implementation of human rights in New Zealand. In other words what does the fact that New Zealand is a signatory to international human rights treaties and regularly reports to the United Nations on its progress in implementing them mean for ordinary New Zealanders? Has it improved their situation?" (from Chapter 1). Record #4656