Universal Periodic Review Report - remove

Timetable

• Jan 2014 to Apr 2015
  
• 2015 - May
  
• 2015 - October
  
• 2015 - November? (actual TBA)
  
• 2016 (actual TBA)
  

Action

• Gather information for NGO report
  
• Aotearoa New Zealand Government
  
• Report sent to UN CommitteeACYA publishes NGO report
  
• NGO report sent to UN Committee
  
• Pre-sessional working group 
  

Content of an NGO report to the UN Committee

The NGO report must be no more than 30 pages in length.

A separate report from children and young people can also be sent to the Committee.

The NGO report should analyse the implementation of legislation and the effects of our Government’s policies. The Committee is particularly interested in the delivery in practice of the rights of children and young people.

This means that the Committee welcomes case studies that illustrate what is actually happening for our tamariki and rangatahi.

NGO reports have a prescribed structure and must cover the following themes:

• General measures of implementation  (is UNCROC widely known?)
• Definition of the child (up to 18; the age 17 cut off in Aotearoa is in breach of this)
• General principles (non discrimination, best interests, right to be heard)
• Civil rights and freedoms (freedom of expression, privacy, rights in detention)
• Family environment and alternative care (Supports for families, care and protection)
• Basic health and welfare (accessible health care, supports for those affected by disabilities, decent standard of living)
• Education, leisure and cultural activities (right to education, right to play)
• Special protection measures (indigenous children, refugee children, sexual exploited and trafficked children, young people accused of offending behaviour)