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The 32nd UPR session and updates, 2019
New Zealand’s third Universal Periodic Review (UPR) by the UN Human Rights Council is taking place during the 32nd UPR session, from 21 January to 1 February 2019 in Geneva.
Update: the draft Outcome Report (A/HRC/WG.6/32/L.1) will be adopted by the UPR Working Group on Friday 25 January, starting at 3pm Geneva time (NZ time: 3am on Saturday, 26 January), details of how you can watch the session when the Report is adopted are in the 'New Zealand's review and how to watch it live' section below.
This page has information on the session, how to watch it live, the documents for New Zealand's review, links to NGO reports, the advance questions, and media coverage - updates will be added in the 'New Zealand's review' and 'media' sections below. Background information on New Zealand's third UPR is available here.
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The 32nd session
The UN Human Rights Council's 32nd UPR session is being held from 21 January to 1 February 2019 in Geneva. As well as New Zealand, Afghanistan, Chile, Viet Nam, Uruguay, Yemen, Vanuatu, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Comoros, Slovakia, Eritrea, Cyprus, the Dominican Republic and Cambodia are being reviewed during the session. The timetable for the session is available here, and further information is available here.
New Zealand's review and how to watch it live
New Zealand's review took place on Monday 21 January, from 9am to 12.30pm in Geneva (NZ time: from 9pm on Monday 21 January to 12.30am on Tuesday 22 January), and the adoption of the UPR Outcome Report on New Zealand will be on Friday 25 January, starting at 3pm Geneva time (NZ time: 3am on Saturday, 26 January) - the draft Outcome Report (A/HRC/WG.6/32/L.1) is available here.
The government delegation is led by Andrew Little, Minister of Justice - his opening statement is available here. The troika for New Zealand (the three states that will assist the Working Group on the UPR) comprises Brazil, Slovakia and Saudi Arabia - the list of troikas for the other other states under review is available here. The speaking order of the states that commented and made recommendations during New Zealand's review is available here.
The review and the UPR Outcome Report adoption are both being webcast live on UN Web TV at the times stated above - the webcast archive of the review is now available here, and the webcast of the adoption will be archived on this page.
Documents for New Zealand's review
New Zealand's third UPR is based on the recommendations in the Outcome Report (A/HRC/26/3) of its second UPR in 2014, as well as its response to the recommendations (A/HRC/26/3/Add.1), and information in the documents specific to this review:
Advance questions for the review were submitted by Britain, Germany and Portugal (on behalf of the Group of Friends on National Mechanisms for Implementation, Reporting and Follow-up); Belarus; and Slovenia, Liechtenstein, Spain and Belgium.
Media coverage
- Maori law academic applauds Justice Minister’s admission, Te Karere, 22 January 2019
- NZ told to improve human rights of LGBTQI people, RNZ, 22 January 2019
- Maori in prison: Justice campaigner pushes for target strategy, RNZ, 22 January 2019
- Andrew Little to UN: New Zealand is failing women and our justice system is broken, Stuff, 22 January 2019
- 'Work to do' on human rights, violence in NZ - Little, RNZ, 22 January 2019
- UN digs in on NZ human rights, Waatea News, 21 January 2019
- NZ human rights to come under scrutiny from UN, RNZ, 19 January 2019
- UN to scrutinise NZ's human rights record, NZ Herald, 18 January 2019
- Andrew Little to lead delegation to UN Human Rights Review, Minister of Justice, 17 January 2019
- New Zealand’s human rights record to be reviewed by Universal Periodic Review, OHCHR, 16 January 2019
- Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review Working Group to hold thirty-second session in Geneva from 21 January to 1 February 2019: Working Group to Review the Human Rights Records in 14 States, OHCHR, 16 January 2019