Thank you for supporting the movement to end conversion practices in Aotearoa. The justice select committee is accepting submissions till the 8th of September. This means we have very little time to get our submissions in on a very important matter. The select committee is crucial to creating an effective law.
STEPS
- To make a submission head to https://www.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/make-a-submission/document/53SCJU_SCF_BILL_113397/conversion-practices-prohibition-legislation-bill
- Click “I am ready to make my submission.”
- If you are submitting as an individual, select “as an individual,” or otherwise, “on behalf of an organisation.”
- Click “yes” if you want to speak directly to the Members of Parliament making the Law. If you do not want to make an oral submission, select “no.”
- Enter your details.
- You will be asked to answer two questions.
Question 1: I/We wish to make the following comments
Question 2: I/We wish to make the following recommendations
Put your answers into the parliament site or upload a submission “File types accepted are .pdf, .doc, .docx, .txt The maximum number of files uploaded per submission is 20. The maximum size for individual files is 20 MB, and the total combined file size is 30 MB.”
- After doing so, click “next,” then “submit.” You are all done!
Question 1: I/We wish to make the following comments (Please make edits to this question. Our submissions are more likely to be read if they are different. Sometimes select committees treat similar submissions as one submission. The template is available nonetheless).
My name is x. (Enter details about you here, I am a student, I work as a x, I live in x, I am a parent, I am a Christian – whatever you feel comfortable sharing).
I support an end to conversion practices.
I support an end to conversion practices because (Add a few comments here. This will be enough. You can add more if you want).
Add in reasons from propositions 1-19: https://cryptpad.fr/pad/#/2/pad/view/QbGERn8bRTf-tiMV9HKALZGXO09LeVB2879igSdh4fc/
I hope the select committee will consider my amendments.
Question 2: I/We wish to make the following recommendations
1. Remove all sections of the bill that would criminalise conversion practices.
Add in reasons from propositions 20-79: https://cryptpad.fr/pad/#/2/pad/view/QbGERn8bRTf-tiMV9HKALZGXO09LeVB2879igSdh4fc/
2. The Government must develop a comprehensive, effective, equitable solution to end conversion practices without criminalisation.
Add in reasons from propositions 80-85: https://cryptpad.fr/pad/#/2/pad/view/QbGERn8bRTf-tiMV9HKALZGXO09LeVB2879igSdh4fc/
Add in statistics to support your arguments e.g from the Crime and Victims Survey: https://www.justice.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Publications/Cycle-3-Core-Report-20210611-v1.5-for-release.pdf
You can also draw arguments from Organise Aotearoa and Tāmaki Makaurau Anarchist’s statement on the bill: https://organiseaotearoa.nz/2021/09/02/really-ending-conversion-practices-requires-a-non-carceral-approach/
