A/HRC/45/14/Add.2 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 13 July 2020 Original: English Human Rights Council Forty-fifth session 14 September–2 October 2020 Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Visit to New Zealand Report of the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons* Summary The Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons, Rosa Kornfeld-Matte, visited New Zealand from 2 to 12 March 2020. The main objective of her visit was to identify both best practices and gaps in the implementation of existing laws and policies relating to the promotion and protection of the human rights of older persons. In her report on the visit, the Independent Expert assesses, to the extent possible, the implementation of existing international instruments, laws and policies pertaining to the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons in New Zealand. * The summary of the report is being circulated in all official languages. The report itself, which is annexed to the summary, is being circulated in the language of submission only. GE.20-08464(E) 