UN Human Rights Committee (HRC)
All States parties are obliged to submit regular reports to the Committee on how the rights are being implemented. States must report initially one year after acceding to the Covenant and then whenever the Committee requests (usually every four years). The Committee examines each report and addresses its concerns and recommendations to the State party in the form of "concluding observations. Website: www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrc/
- Arbitrary arrest and detention 1
- Civil and political rights 1
- Climate change (including environmental migrants) 1
- Deportation / Forcible return 1
- Effective remedy 1
- Exhaustion of domestic remedies 1
- Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 1
- Freedom of expression 1
- Freedom of information 1
- Human rights and fundamental freedoms 5
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 1
- Non-refoulement 1
- Right to life 1
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Ioane Teitiota v. New Zealand (advance unedited version)
9.11 The Committee takes note of the observation of the Immigration and Protection Tribunal that climate change-induced harm can occur through sudden-onset events and slowonset processes. Reports indicate that sudden-onset events are discrete occurrences that have an immediate and obvious impact over a period of hours or days, while slow-onset effects may have a gradual, adverse impact on livelihoods and resources over a period of months to years. Both sudden-onset events (such as intense storms and flooding) and slow-onset processes (such as sea level rise, salinization, and land degradation) can propel cross-border movement of individuals seeking protection from climate change-related harm. 27 The Committee is of the view that without robust national and international efforts, the effects of climate change in receiving states may expose individuals to a violation of their rights under articles 6 or 7 of the Covenant, thereby triggering the non-refoulement obligations of sending states. Furthermore, given that the risk of an entire country becoming submerged under water is such an extreme risk, the conditions of life in such a country may become incompatible with the right to life with dignity before the risk is realized. 7 January 2020 | Judicial Body: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Climate change (including environmental migrants) - Non-refoulement - Right to life | Countries: Kiribati - New Zealand |
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Communication No. 2197/2012 : Human Rights Committee : Decision adopted by the Committee at its 110th session (10–28 March 2014)
29 April 2014 | Publisher: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) | Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers |
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Follow-up progress report of the Human Rights Committee on individual communications : Human Rights Committee, 98th session, 8 to 26 March 2010
21 May 2010 | Publisher: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) | Document type: Sessional Reports |
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UN Human Rights Committee: Fifth Periodic Report of States Parties, New Zealand
18 February 2008 | Publisher: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) | Document type: States Parties Reports |
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Keshva Rajan and Sashi Kantra Rajan v. New Zealand
Display in UN document template Original: ENGLISH 7 August 2003 | Judicial Body: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) | Document type: Case Law | Countries: Fiji - New Zealand |
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Mohammed Sahid v. New Zealand
Display in UN document template Original: ENGLISH 11 April 2003 | Judicial Body: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) | Document type: Case Law | Countries: Fiji - New Zealand |
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UN Human Rights Committee: Concluding Observations: New Zealand
7 August 2002 | Publisher: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) | Document type: Concluding Observations |
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UN Human Rights Committee: Fourth Periodic Report of States Parties due in 1995, New Zealand
14 May 2000 | Publisher: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) | Document type: States Parties Reports |
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UN Human Rights Committee: Addendum to the Third Periodic Reports of States Parties Due in 1990, New Zealand
30 May 1994 | Publisher: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) | Document type: States Parties Reports |
