United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child Sixth Periodic Report by the Government of New Zealand 2021 Contents List of Acronyms ............................................................................................................................................ vi I. New Developments................................................................................................................................ 1 Reply to paragraph 2(a) ................................................................................................................................. 1 Reply to paragraphs 2(b) and 2(c) ................................................................................................................. 2 Reply to paragraph 3 ...................................................................................................................................... 2 II. Rights under the Convention and the Optional Protocols ................................................................ 3 A. General measures of implementation ................................................................................................. 3 Reply to paragraph 4(a) ................................................................................................................................. 3 Reply to paragraphs 4(b) and 4(c) ................................................................................................................. 3 Reply to paragraph 4(d) ................................................................................................................................. 5 Reply to paragraph 4(e) ................................................................................................................................. 6 Reply to paragraph 5(a) ................................................................................................................................. 6 Reply to paragraph 5(b) ................................................................................................................................. 6 Reply to paragraph 5(c) ................................................................................................................................. 7 Reply to paragraph 6(a) ............................................................................................................................... 10 Reply to paragraph 6(b) ............................................................................................................................... 11 Reply to paragraphs 7(a), 7(b) and 7(d) ...................................................................................................... 12 Reply to paragraph 7(c) ............................................................................................................................... 13 B. Definition of the child .......................................................................................................................... 13 Reply to paragraph 8 .................................................................................................................................... 14 C. General Principles ............................................................................................................................... 14 Reply to paragraph 9(a) ............................................................................................................................... 14 Reply to paragraph 9(b) ............................................................................................................................... 16 Reply to paragraph 9(c) ............................................................................................................................... 18 Reply to paragraph 10(a) and 10(b) ............................................................................................................. 18 Reply to paragraph 11.................................................................................................................................. 19 Reply to paragraph 12(a) ............................................................................................................................. 19 Reply to paragraph 12(b) ............................................................................................................................. 20 D. Civil Rights and Freedoms ................................................................................................................. 21 Reply to paragraph 13.................................................................................................................................. 21 Reply to paragraph 14(a) ............................................................................................................................. 22 Reply to paragraph 14(b) ............................................................................................................................. 22 Reply to paragraph 14(c) ............................................................................................................................. 22 Reply to paragraph 14(d) ............................................................................................................................. 23 Reply to paragraph 15(a) ............................................................................................................................. 23 Reply to paragraph 15(b) ............................................................................................................................. 23 E. Violence against children ................................................................................................................... 24 Reply to paragraph 16(a) ............................................................................................................................. 24 Reply to paragraph 16(b) ............................................................................................................................. 25 ii Reply to paragraph 16(c) ............................................................................................................................. 26 Reply to paragraph 16(d) ............................................................................................................................. 27 Reply to paragraph 16(e) ............................................................................................................................. 28 Reply to paragraph 16(f) .............................................................................................................................. 28 Reply to paragraph 16(g) ............................................................................................................................. 28 Reply to paragraph 16(h) ............................................................................................................................. 29 Reply to paragraph 17(a) ............................................................................................................................. 29 Reply to paragraph 17(b) ............................................................................................................................. 30 Reply to paragraph 18.................................................................................................................................. 30 Reply to paragraph 19(a) ............................................................................................................................. 32 Reply to paragraph 19(b) ............................................................................................................................. 32 Reply to paragraph 19(c) ............................................................................................................................. 32 Reply to paragraph 19(d) ............................................................................................................................. 33 Reply to paragraph 19(e) ............................................................................................................................. 33 Reply to paragraph 20.................................................................................................................................. 34 F. Children with disabilities .......................................................................................................................... 34 Reply to paragraph 21(a) ............................................................................................................................. 34 Reply to paragraph 21(b) ............................................................................................................................. 34 Reply to paragraph 21(c) ............................................................................................................................. 35 Reply to paragraph 21(d) ............................................................................................................................. 35 G. Basic health and welfare .......................................................................................................................... 35 Reply to paragraph 22(a) ............................................................................................................................. 35 Reply to paragraph 22(b) ............................................................................................................................