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Human Rights Act 1993

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31: 222:, supported by the government's legal office, has accepted complaints of discrimination based on gender identity on the ground of sex for many years. However, the decision to interpret the prohibition of discrimination on the ground of sex to cover discrimination based on gender identity is easily reversed. But an important dimension of the exercise undertaken by the Commission in New Zealand was toward the 210:
There are a significant number of caveats, including "genuine occupational qualification," "domestic employment in a private household," "to preserve reasonable standards of privacy," "national security" and "organised religion."
140:. It was a consolidation and amendment of the Race Relations Act 1971 and the Human Rights Commission Act 1977. It came into force on 1 February 1994. The Act governs the work of the 63: 59: 66:
and to provide better protection of human rights in New Zealand in general accordance with United Nations Covenants or Conventions on Human Rights
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that integrate the promotion of human rights of persons of diverse sexual orientations and gender identities into their work.
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The act outlawed discrimination on a wide variety of grounds, including:
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The Act does not explicitly prohibit discrimination on the basis of
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New Zealand Parliament
Long title
Race Relations Act 1971
Human Rights Commission Act 1977
Royal assent
Ministry of Justice
New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990
Act
Parliament of New Zealand
discrimination
New Zealand Human Rights Commission
Race
Ethnic
Disability
Political opinion
Employment
Sexual orientation
gender identity
New Zealand Human Rights Commission
empowerment
Yogyakarta Principles
national human rights institutions
Human rights in New Zealand
New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990
LGBT rights in New Zealand
s 21
Text of the Act
Categories
Statutes of New Zealand

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