5th Periodic Report under the International Covenant for Economic Social and Cultural Rights Feedback
Justiciability of the Covenant rights
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New Zealand acknowledges the fundamental importance of economic, social and cultural rights, with an assurance to the Committee that the indivisibility of human rights is a principle of paramount importance to New Zealand.
This section of the report describes how Covenant rights are considered in the development of policy and legislation.