Independent Monitoring Mechanism

The DPO Coalition is one of the three partners of New Zealand’s Independent Monitoring Mechanism (IMM), alongside the Human Rights Commission and the Office of the Ombudsman.

The IMM: 

• promotes, protects and monitors the implementation of the UNCRPD

• reports to Parliament, the public and the United Nations on the implementation of the UNCRPD and specific disability issues

• provides advice on legislation, policy and practice affecting disabled people.

The IMM is designated under the UNCRPD and was established by notice in the New Zealand Gazette on 13 October 2011.

The IMM meets quarterly. The Chair and secretariat roles within the IMM rotate six monthly.

As part of the IMM role, the DPO Coalition also meets with the Ministerial Leadership Group on Disability Issues (MLGDI) to discuss progress on the UNCRPD and raise specific issues of urgency or concern.