Human Rights Act 1993

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New Zealand statute anti-discrimination law

The Human Rights Act 1993 is New Zealand’s principal anti-discrimination law, protecting human rights and promoting equal opportunity across areas such as employment, housing, and access to services.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Human Rights Act 1993 canonical	4
Human Rights Act 1993 (New Zealand)	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	New Zealand statute ⓘ anti-discrimination law ⓘ
amendedBy	Human Rights Amendment Act 2001 NERFINISHED ⓘ Human Rights Amendment Act 2008 NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesTo	private sector ⓘ public sector ⓘ
commencementYear	1993 ⓘ
containsPart	Part 1 Preliminary provisions ⓘ Part 2 Prohibition of discrimination ⓘ Part 3 Human Rights Commission ⓘ Part 4 Complaints procedures ⓘ
containsSchedule	First Schedule ⓘ Second Schedule ⓘ
country	New Zealand ⓘ
enactedBy	New Zealand Parliament NERFINISHED ⓘ
enforcedBy	Human Rights Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ Human Rights Review Tribunal NERFINISHED ⓘ
establishesBody	Human Rights Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ
governsBody	Human Rights Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdiction	New Zealand ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalStatus	in force ⓘ
prohibits	discrimination on the grounds of age ⓘ discrimination on the grounds of colour ⓘ discrimination on the grounds of disability ⓘ discrimination on the grounds of employment status ⓘ discrimination on the grounds of ethical belief ⓘ discrimination on the grounds of ethnic or national origins ⓘ discrimination on the grounds of family status ⓘ discrimination on the grounds of marital status ⓘ discrimination on the grounds of political opinion ⓘ discrimination on the grounds of race ⓘ discrimination on the grounds of religious belief ⓘ discrimination on the grounds of sex ⓘ discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation ⓘ
providesFor	appointment of Human Rights Commissioners ⓘ
providesMechanism	complaints to the Human Rights Commission ⓘ mediation of discrimination complaints ⓘ proceedings before the Human Rights Review Tribunal ⓘ
purpose	to prohibit discrimination ⓘ to promote equal opportunity ⓘ to protect human rights in New Zealand ⓘ
regulatesArea	access to public places ⓘ access to services ⓘ education ⓘ employment ⓘ housing ⓘ
relatedTo	New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 NERFINISHED ⓘ
royalAssentDate	1993-07-28 ⓘ
shortName	HRA 1993 NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectMatter	anti-discrimination protections ⓘ human rights law ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Human Rights Review Tribunal of New Zealand → appliesStatute → Human Rights Act 1993 ⓘ

Minister of Justice of New Zealand → associatedWith → Human Rights Act 1993 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Human Rights Act 1993 (New Zealand)

New Zealand Human Rights Commission → legalBasis → Human Rights Act 1993 ⓘ

New Zealand Human Rights Commission → reconstitutedUnder → Human Rights Act 1993 ⓘ

New Zealand Human Rights Commission → primaryLegislation → Human Rights Act 1993 ⓘ