In New Zealand, takatāpui and rainbow people face specific and unique barriers to the full enjoyment of human rights based on their actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or sex characteristics.
New Zealand has obligations to uphold everyone’s human rights through Te Tiriti o Waitangi, our international agreements through the United Nations, and local legislation including the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act (1990) and Human Rights Act (1993).
This section shares resources and documents about human rights advocacy through the United Nations.
> UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
> Universal Periodic Review of Human Rights
More about rainbow human rights in Aotearoa
Prism, a 2020 review by New Zealand’s Human Rights Commission exploring rainbow human rights issues
To Be Who I Am, report of the Human Rights Commission’s 2006 Inquiry into Discrimination Experienced by Transgender People