Te Aka Matua o te Ture | Law Commission has published an Issues Paper in our review of protections in the Human Rights Act 1993 for people who are transgender, people who are non-binary and people who have an innate variation of sex characteristics. The Issues Paper is designed to support public consultation. It provides some background and context to the review, identifies and explores potential options for reform and poses some questions on which we are seeking feedback.

We are looking forward to hearing about the needs, perspectives and concerns of New Zealanders in relation to the issues in this review. Along with other relevant evidence and analysis, this will help us to develop our recommendations for law reform.

The Commission is accepting submissions until 5pm on Thursday 5 September 2024. 

More information, including a copy of the Issues Paper, a summary, and our online submission form, can be found on our project website.

Hearing from people about current law and how it could be improved is fundamental to our ability to make sound recommendations.

There are two key ways you can contribute to our work.

Make a submission

You can have a say on the issues we raise in our law reform reviews. Hearing your views helps us improve our recommendations.

How to make a submission.

Suggest a topic of law for review

People with experience of particular laws often have ideas about how those laws can be improved. We want to hear those ideas.

Tell us your ideas.