Director of Human Rights Proceedings

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independent statutory officer statutory office

The Director of Human Rights Proceedings is an independent statutory officer in New Zealand responsible for deciding whether to provide legal representation and bring significant human rights, privacy, and health and disability discrimination cases before the Human Rights Review Tribunal.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	independent statutory officer ⓘ statutory office ⓘ
appointedBy	Governor-General of New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ
appointedOnAdviceOf	Attorney-General of New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	New Zealand ⓘ
createdTo	strengthen enforcement of human rights protections in New Zealand ⓘ
decisionCriteria	impact on development of human rights jurisprudence ⓘ public interest in taking proceedings ⓘ significance of legal issues raised ⓘ
ensures	representation in cases with wider public interest ⓘ strategic litigation on significant human rights issues ⓘ
focusArea	anti-discrimination law enforcement ⓘ health and disability discrimination ⓘ human rights ⓘ privacy ⓘ
fundingSource	New Zealand Government NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	independent from the Human Rights Commission ⓘ independent from the Privacy Commissioner ⓘ publicly funded ⓘ
hasDuty	bring significant health and disability discrimination cases before the Human Rights Review Tribunal ⓘ bring significant human rights cases before the Human Rights Review Tribunal ⓘ bring significant privacy cases before the Human Rights Review Tribunal ⓘ decide whether to provide legal representation in human rights cases ⓘ
hasObjective	clarify legal principles in discrimination and privacy law ⓘ promote consistent interpretation of human rights law ⓘ
hasPower	decide which cases raise issues of public interest ⓘ institute proceedings before the Human Rights Review Tribunal ⓘ intervene in proceedings before the Human Rights Review Tribunal ⓘ provide legal representation to complainants ⓘ
isPartOf	New Zealand anti-discrimination enforcement framework ⓘ New Zealand human rights system ⓘ
jurisdiction	New Zealand ⓘ
legalBasis	Human Rights Act 1993 (New Zealand) NERFINISHED ⓘ
overseesCasesUnder	Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994 (New Zealand) NERFINISHED ⓘ Human Rights Act 1993 (New Zealand) NERFINISHED ⓘ Privacy Act 2020 (New Zealand) NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryForum	Human Rights Review Tribunal NERFINISHED ⓘ
reportsTo	Attorney-General of New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ
roleInSystem	ensures access to justice for human rights complainants ⓘ public interest litigator in human rights matters ⓘ
sector	human rights sector ⓘ justice sector ⓘ
typeOfOrganization	public office ⓘ
worksWith	Health and Disability Commissioner (New Zealand) NERFINISHED ⓘ Human Rights Commission (New Zealand) NERFINISHED ⓘ Office of the Privacy Commissioner (New Zealand) NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Human Rights Review Tribunal of New Zealand → hearsProceedingsBroughtBy → Director of Human Rights Proceedings ⓘ