Human rights and Te Tiriti o Waitangi : COVID-19 and Alert Level 4 in Aotearoa New Zealand
Human rights and Te Tiriti o Waitangi : COVID-19 and Alert Level 4 in Aotearoa New Zealand
Mötika Tangata më Te Tiriti o Waitangi : Mate Korona më te Noho Rähui i Aotearoa Taumata 4
Human Rights Commission
- Wellington, New Zealand : Human Rights Commission, 2020
- electronic document (20 pages) ; PDF file
Media release, 30 April 2020
The rights to life, health protection and health care
place obligations on the government to do all it can
to respond effectively and equitably to COVID-19.
Consistent with these human rights obligations, the
government has responded to the pandemic with vigour
and determination. The Human Rights Commission
strongly commends the government for protecting the
health and lives of so many tangata whenua and New
Zealanders. Overall, the country’s systems of health
protection and health care have performed very well.
Nonetheless, the government’s approach to COVID-19
has some significant shortcomings. This short report
provides ten ‘snapshots’ of how the Level 4 lockdown
impacted upon human rights and Te Tiriti. We can learn
from this experience as we take steps in Level 3 towards
recovery. While there is much to commend in New
Zealand’s response to COVID-19, Te Tiriti and human
rights have not been integrated across the response to
the pandemic.(From the Executive summary). Record #6621
COVID-19
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
DISABLED PEOPLE
FAMILY VIOLENCE
HUMAN RIGHTS
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
MĀORI
OLDER PEOPLE
PANDEMICS
RACISM
RISK FACTORS
Treaty of Waitangi
WOMEN
KAUMĀTUA
KOWHEORI-19
MATE KORONA
MATE URUTĀ
TĀNGATA WHAIKAHA
TIRITI O WAITANGI
TŪKINOTANGA Ā-WHĀNAU
WĀHINE
WHAKAHĀWEA IWI
NEW ZEALAND
Media release, 30 April 2020
The rights to life, health protection and health care
place obligations on the government to do all it can
to respond effectively and equitably to COVID-19.
Consistent with these human rights obligations, the
government has responded to the pandemic with vigour
and determination. The Human Rights Commission
strongly commends the government for protecting the
health and lives of so many tangata whenua and New
Zealanders. Overall, the country’s systems of health
protection and health care have performed very well.
Nonetheless, the government’s approach to COVID-19
has some significant shortcomings. This short report
provides ten ‘snapshots’ of how the Level 4 lockdown
impacted upon human rights and Te Tiriti. We can learn
from this experience as we take steps in Level 3 towards
recovery. While there is much to commend in New
Zealand’s response to COVID-19, Te Tiriti and human
rights have not been integrated across the response to
the pandemic.(From the Executive summary). Record #6621
COVID-19
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
DISABLED PEOPLE
FAMILY VIOLENCE
HUMAN RIGHTS
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
MĀORI
OLDER PEOPLE
PANDEMICS
RACISM
RISK FACTORS
Treaty of Waitangi
WOMEN
KAUMĀTUA
KOWHEORI-19
MATE KORONA
MATE URUTĀ
TĀNGATA WHAIKAHA
TIRITI O WAITANGI
TŪKINOTANGA Ā-WHĀNAU
WĀHINE
WHAKAHĀWEA IWI
NEW ZEALAND