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Has the Government firmed up its position, if any, on whether gender apartheid should be recognised in the proposed crimes against humanity treaty since the matter was last raised at the United Nations General Assembly?

Answered Question 25853 (2026)
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Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

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  • Has the Government firmed up its position, if any, on whether gender apartheid should be recognised in the proposed crimes against humanity treaty since the matter was last raised at the United Nations General Assembly?

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Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs

Answer

The New Zealand government has not yet formed a view on whether a future crimes against humanity treaty should include the crime of gender apartheid as a stand-alone crime. The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court already prohibits persecution on gender grounds.