1. REAP AOTEAROA Professional Development Programme 2018
Building human rights capacity in communities Human rights community development
REAP AOTEAROA
Professional Development Programme 2018

2. Overall outcomes (from ACE Grant)
By working with communities in ways that enable them to identify and address the human rights issues in their lives, REAPs will facilitate:
strengthened resilience, cohesion and self-reliance
increased equality, inclusion and non-discrimination
improved economic, social, cultural, civil and political conditions.

3. HRCD Programme Timeframe
Activity
2018
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Base-line information gathered
Workshop 1: Strengthening knowledge-base
Doing it
Reviewing & reporting progress
Workshop 2: Sharing outcomes
Final evaluating & reporting

4. Baseline information told us that …
You know a lot about community-led development and this drives your practice.
You know less about human rights and human rights approaches.
You work bi-culturally and multi-culturally, and have strong community connections and networks, including with iwi.
The special nature of REAP as an organisation and as people was evident throughout the responses.

5. Baseline information also told us that…
The outcomes you are seeking from the 8 months are:
increased familiarity with human rights standards, frameworks and approaches
strengthened capability to facilitate community resilience, cohesion and self-reliance; increased equality, inclusion and non-discrimination ...
enhanced community relationships and strengthened multi-sector collaborations.
increased knowledge that can be applied to your work
strengthened REAPs and REAP Aotearoa.
FOCUS: Less about what we do and more about why we do and how we go about it and who we work with.

6. Baseline information - familiarity

7. Baseline information - current practice
Prioritising HR abuses
HR underpinning work
Involving communities
Reflective practice
Outcomes approach
Principles
Mulit-sector relationships

8. Workshop objectives This workshop gives you an opportunity to:
add to your knowledge of human rights standards, frameworks and approaches, including the human rights dimensions of Te Tiriti o Waitangi
reflect on how this knowledge may apply to you and your work
begin to plan how you may apply a human rights approach to your community-led development work.

9. REGI0NAL MAPPING - what are the issues facing REAP’s regions?

10. Mapping Southern, Central Otago, Marlborough West, Buller
Wairarapa, Tararua
Ruapehu, Central King Country, Central Plateau, Far North
East Bay, Tairawhiti

11. International human rights

12. International Human Rights Framework

13. How we can engage with the UN system

14. Is it worth the effort? Wet bus ticket?
Examination of NZ by Committee on the Rights of the Child
ITANZ + HRC
Roundtable involving multi-sector agencies
Identified key issues
Submitted these to as a Shadow Report
Examined in Geneva
4 recs submitted to NZ

15. Latest report card for NZ – April 2018 (CESCR)
Examination found …
child poverty, inadequate housing, high incarceration rates and incidences of violence, abuse and bullying … “don’t sit well with NZ’s status as a developed nation”
significant standard of living, education and health disparities for Māori, Pasifika people, disabled people and the LGBTI community
Māori and Pasifika more likely to be affected by preventable conditions, and die prematurely   
People with an intellectual disability have an average life expectancy several decades less than other people of the same age. 

17. On September 25th 2015, countries adopted a set of goals to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all.
Each goal has specific targets to be achieved over the next 15 years … involves governments, the private sector, civil society.

18. Te Mana o Waitangi - Human rights and the Treaty
Foundation human rights document Articles 1 & 3 give all people the authority to belong (tūrangawaewae) and the right to live as equal citizens Article 2 affirms the right for Māori to live as Māori Article 4 – protects freedom of religion The human rights and responsibilities associated with Te Tiriti are found in domestic and international human rights instruments

19. New Zealand Human Rights Act 1993
… protects Aotearoa New Zealanders from unlawful discrimination & harassment in a number of areas of life.

20. Human Rights Act 1993 - Grounds
Sex / Gender
Marital status
Religious Belief
Ethical Belief
Colour
Race
Ethnic & National
Origins
Age
Disability
Political Opinion
Employment Status
Family Status
Sexual Orientation

21. Human Rights Act 1993 - Areas
Government or public sector Employment Education Access to public places, vehicles, facilities Provision of goods and services Provision of land, housing & accommodation Industrial & professional associations / Partnerships

22. Ground Area Exception Unlawful Discrimination

23. New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990
BoRA places limits on the actions of those in government that interfere with the rights of individuals.
What are the rights?
Life and safety
Democratic and civil rights
Non-discrimination and rights of minorities
Protections around search, arrest, and detention
Just criminal procedures
Right to justice

24. Te Mana i Waitangi the human rights dimensions of the Treaty of Waitangi, and indigenous rights
VIDEO: International Day of Indigenous Peoples: Cultural Rights
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VIDEO: UNDRIP and the Treaty of Waitangi

25. REGI0NAL MAPPING - what mechanisms of the international human rights framework could apply? - what mechanisms of the domestic framework could apply? - who are the rights holders? - who have the responsibilities?

26. Human Rights Community Development Approach
Participatory Action Research
Human Rights Framework, incl TMiW
Community Development

27. Human Rights Community Development
Without a human rights framework community development could become a value-free activity, blindly supporting a community in determining and meeting its own agendas, even if they be racist, sexist or violent.
Community programmes need to operate within a human rights framework if such abominations are not to be repeated in the name of community development.
(Professor Jim Ife, Centre for Human Rights Education, Curtin University of Technology. Perth, WA.)
Was Hitler Youth an effective community development programme?
It gave young people a sense of identity and involvement.
It encouraged participation.
It increased self-esteem.

28. Human Rights Community Development
Human rights cannot exist in isolation.
An individual on a desert island has no rights, because there is no-one to meet the corresponding responsibilities that go with them.
Human rights require us to be linked to each other, in a community of mutual rights and obligations.

29. Human Rights Community Development
… involves facilitating sustainable structures and processes where communities are the key actors in the human rights issues which affect their lives.
It is …
“nothing about us without us”

30. Human Rights Approach (refer poster)
Linking decision-making at every level to the human rights standards set out in relevant human rights instruments.
Identifying all the relevant human rights involved, balancing of rights to maximise respect for all rights and rights holders, prioritising those of the most vulnerable.
Emphasising the participation of all in decision-making that affects them.
Non-discrimination among individuals and groups through the equal enjoyment of rights and obligations by all.
Empowerment of individuals and groups by supporting them to use rights as leverage for action and to legitimise their voice in decision-making.
Accountability for actions and decisions, which enables individuals and groups to express concerns about decisions that affect them adversely.

31. Contact Details