1. UPR 2019 Pre-session: New Zealand Wellington October 2018
INDEPENDENT MONITORING MECHANISM ON THE UN DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
Dr Claire Charters
Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Auckland

2. Who and What Independent Monitoring Mechanism
monitors NZ’s implementation of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
appointed by Iwi (tribal) Chairs’ Forum
Submission to the UPR covers:
constitutional transformation to better respect Māori rights
self-determination
free, prior and informed consent
Māori interests in natural resources
water rights
equity in Treaty of Waitangi settlements between the state and Indigenous peoples
the development of a national plan of action to facilitate better implementation of the Declaration

3. Focus:
Constitutional change for recognition and protection of Māori right to self-determination under UN human rights treaties, UNDRIP and te Tiriti o Waitangi
Need for change
Calls for change domestically and internationally
NZ has not acted

4. What IMM seeks:
UPR to incentivise NZ to facilitate constitutional change for recognition and protection of Māori right to self-determination under UN human rights treaties, UNDRIP and te Tiriti o Waitangi