뉴질랜드에서 인권위원회의 역할

New Zealand(below “NZ”) doesn't have a singular written constitution. It instead has a number of sources, including legislation such as the Constitution Act of 1986 and the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, constitutional conventions, international laws, and the Treaty of Waitangi. And in NZ legislation cannot be overturned for inconsistency with human rights, for parliament can override both domestic and international human rights. So the New Zealand Human Rights Commission(below "NZHRC") has come to occupy a central role in the domestic implementation of both international human rights norms and domestic, constitutional, and other legal obligations. Unlike other institutions, such as the legislature, the executive, and the judiciary, NZHRC's exclusive mandate is to protect and promote human rights, this is the core mission and fundamental purpose of NZHRC. Thus NZHRC between government and civil society is able to empower civil society activism, leading to greater government transparency and accountability and to greater political participation through consultative processes for policy implementation. Its positive effects on the human rights situations may be appreciated in light of some glaring cases of human rights violations.