The government's performance in implementing the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) was considered by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) on 15 and 16 August, during its 93rd session in Geneva.

The Committee's Concluding Observations (CERD/C/NZL/CO/21-22) are available here. Peace Movement Aotearoa's summary of the Concluding Observations is available on Facebook, on Scoop, and formatted for printing.

• This page has information on the 93rd session: when and where you can watch the session, the government delegation to CERD, who said what in Geneva, and media coverage - please scroll down the page if these internal page links do not work in your browser.
• Background information: on the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD), the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), the NZ government and ICERD, the government's report to CERD, the List of Themes sent to the government by CERD, NGO parallel reports to CERD, what CERD has said about the NZ government before, and useful links to other relevant information are available here.

The interactive dialogues between Committee members and government representatives were webcast live at 3pm, Tuesday, 15 August (NZ time: 1am, Wednesday, 16 August) and 10am, Wednesday, 16 August (NZ time: 8pm, Wednesday, 16 August) and the webcasts are now in the UN Web TV archive - the interactive dialogue on 15 August is available here, and the dialogue on 16 August is available here. Information about the process, including the role of the interactive dialogue, is available on this page.

The government delegation was led by Andrew Bridgman, Secretary for Justice and Chief Executive, Ministry of Justice, and comprised officials from the Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Social Development, Corrections, Police, Ministry of Education, Te Puni Kokiri, Office of Ethnic Communities, and diplomatic representatives from the New Zealand Permanent Mission to the UN.

The UNOG overview of the interactive dialogues 'Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination examines the report of New Zealand' (16 August 2017) is available here. The Summary Record of the two interactive dialogues, which provide a detailed record of who said what, will be added here as soon as the documents are released.

• Government appears unmoved by UN call for abuse inquiry, Radio NZ, 30 August 2017
• Housing plans for Ihumatao should be re-evaluated - UN, Radio NZ, 30 August 2017
• United Nations committee wants investigation into state care abuse in New Zealand, NZ Herald, 30 August 2017
• UN recommends inquiry into state care abuse, Radio NZ, 29 August 2017
• Racial Discrimination: UN Committee recommendations on New Zealand, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 29 August 2017 ‣ on Facebook ‣ on Scoop ‣ formatted for printing
• UN finds Ihumatao grievance justified, Waatea News, 29 August 2017
• UN recommends NZ Government hold independent inquiry into historic state abuse, Human Rights Commission, 29 August 2017
• Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination concludes its ninety-third session, UNOG, 25 August 2017
• Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination examines the report of New Zealand, UNOG, 16 August 2017
• State abuse inquiry pleas go before United Nations, Newshub, 16 August 2017
• Devoy asks UN to take action on NZ state care abuse, Radio NZ, 16 August 2017
• Interview: Mask slipping on institutional racism, Waatea News / Peace Movement Aotearoa, 15 August 2017   ‣ Interview overview   ‣ Full interview
• UN prepares to grill NZ government, Waatea News, 14 August 2017
• UN Committee examines New Zealand government's performance on racial discrimination, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 14 August 2017
• SOUL challenging Government racism at the UN, SOUL, 13 August 2017
• Auckland Special Housing Area challenged at United Nations, Newshub, 8 August 2017
• Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination opens the work of its ninety-third session, OHCHR, 31 July 2017
• Ninety-third session of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination to be held in Geneva from 31 July to 25 August, OHCHR, 27 July 2017