Source: Human Rights Commission
On 15 February 2022 a new law was passed that makes it a criminal offence to perform conversion practices in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Conversion practices are any practice that seeks to change or suppress a person’s sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.
These practices have no therapeutic value or basis in medicine, and there is no evidence that a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity can be changed.
In addition to now being a criminal offence, from August 2022 it will also be possible to take a complaint to the Human Rights Commission. This means that a Human Rights Commission mediator can hear your complaint as part of a dispute resolution process.
It also means that if the Commission’s services are unable to resolve your complaint you make take your complaint to the Human Rights Review Tribunal. The Tribunal can issue remedies orders. You would also be entitled to seek legal representation from the Director of Human Rights Proceedings.
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