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CCPR - New Zealand

Complete list of decisions

Case Name Comm Number Date Articles Outcome
S. B v. New Zealand 475/1991 31 March 1994   Inadmissible
Maori tribes v. New Zealand 547/1993 13 October 1995   Admissible
Drake et al . v. New Zealand 601/1994 03 April 1997 26 Inadmissible
Potter v. New Zealand 632/1995 28 July 1997   Inadmissible
Toala et al. v. New Zealand 675/1995 10 July 1998   Admissible
A v. New Zealand 754/1997 15 July 1999 9(1, 4) No Violation
Tamihere v. New Zealand 891/1999 15 March 2000 14(1) Inadmissible
Buckle v. New Zealand 858/1999 25 October 2000 17, 23 No Violation
Mahuika et al. v. New Zealand 547/1993 27 October 2000 14(1), 27 No Violation
Toala et al. v. New Zealand 675/1995 02 November 2000 12(4), 26 No Violation
Parun and Bulmer v. New Zealand 952/2000 22 March 2001   Inadmissible
Singh v. New Zealand 791/1997 12 July 2001   Inadmissible
Joslin v. New Zealand 902/1999 17 July 2002 16, 17, 23(1,2), 26 No Violation
Sahid v. New Zealand 893/1999 28 March 2003 23(1) No Violation
Rajan v. New Zealand 820/1998 06 August 2003 17, 23(1), 24(1), 26 Inadmissible
Rameka v. New Zealand 1090/2002 06 November 2003 9, 9(4), 10(1), 14(2) Violation
Fa'aaliga v. New Zealand 1279/2004 28 October 2005   Inadmissible
E.B. v. New Zealand 1368/2005 16 March 2007 14(1), 17(1), 23(1) Violation
Manuel v. New Zealand 1385/2005 18 October 2007 9(1) No Violation
van der Plaat v. New Zealand 1492/2006 22 July 2008 15(1) Inadmissible
Dean v. New Zealand 1512/2006 17 March 2009 2(3a), 7, 9(4), 10(1,3), 14(3c, 4, 5 ), 15(1), 26 Violation
Jessop v. New Zealand 1758/2008 29 March 2011 14 (1,3c,e,5) No Violation
J. S. v. New Zealand 1752/2008 26 March 2012 2(2, 3), 9(4), 14(1) Inadmissible
X.Q.H. v. New Zealand 2197/2012 25 March 2014 2(3)(a), 14(1), 17(1), 23(1), 24(1) Inadmissible
A.W.K. V. New Zealand 1998/2010 28 October 2014 2(3), 3(a)(b)(d)(e)(f), 5, 14(1) Inadmissible
L.F. v. New Zealand 2211/2012 30 March 2015 14 (1)(3) (d) Inadmissible
Fa'afete v. New Zealand 1909/2009 13 July 2015 2, 9, 14, 17, 26 Inadmissible
J.G. v. New Zealand 2631/2015 02 November 2015 14(7) Inadmissible
V.S. v. New Zealand 2072/2011 02 November 2015 9 (1), 14 (1), 19 (2) Inadmissible
A.U. and H.R. v. New Zealand 2567/2015 03 November 2016 17(1), 23(1) Inadmissible
M.B. v. New Zealand 2934/2017 28 March 2017 14 (1), (2), (3), (5), 17 Inadmissible
N.R. v. New Zealand 2801/2016 28 March 2017 2 (3), 14 (1), 16 Inadmissible
M.B. v. New Zealand 2934/2017 28 March 2017 14 (1), (2), (3) and (5) and 17 Inadmissible
N.R. v. New Zealand 2801/2016 28 March 2017 2 (3), 14 (1), 16 Inadmissible
Miller et.al. New Zealand 2502/2014 07 November 2017 2, 9, 10, 14 (1) Violation

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CERD, CCPR, CESCR, CEDAW, CAT, CRC, CMW, CRPD and CED all have optional complaint mechanisms, whereby an individual may complain to the respective treaty body that his or her rights under the treaty have been violated. The CMW complaint mechanism is not yet in force.

Included in this section are:

  1. requests made by the treaty body for interim measures
  2. decisions to deal jointly with cases
  3. admissibility decisions (normally decisions determining a complaint is admissible are not issued separately and hence this category involves decisions in which complaints are found to be inadmissible)
  4. final views.

Information on follow-up of final Views where a violation has been found is included in the section entitled "Follow-up: Jurisprudence".