The Human Rights Review Tribunal (HRRT) looks at complaints about human rights, privacy and health and disability services. They have the authority to order someone to pay you compensation or other damages (money).
If you are a survivor of abuse in care but are not eligible for the government or faith-based redress schemes – or you are not satisfied with those schemes – you may be able to make a claim with the Human Rights Review Tribunal to get compensation. But there are criteria to meet and to follow.
It can be helpful to have someone to talk to before, during and after making a claim, about how you are feeling. Learn where you can find support.
You may be able to make a claim to the Human Rights Review Tribunal for redress, if there has been a breach of your rights under one of these laws:
You can make a claim to the Human Rights Review Tribunal (HRRT) under the following very limited circumstances:
You can take a claim to the Human Rights Review Tribunal if you made a complaint to the Human Rights Commission (HRC) under the Human Rights Act which was not resolved using their services. Find out about making a complaint to the HRC
You can take a claim to the Human Rights Review Tribunal if:
you made a complaint to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner under the Privacy Act
they have issued a section 98 notice and
you take your case to the Human Rights Review Tribunal within six months of the date on the section 98 notice.
A section 98 notice is a notice the Privacy Commissioner will give you if they have:
investigated and closed your complaint or
tried to resolve the complaint without investigating it, but this did not work.
Find out how the Privacy Commissioner can help you
You can take a claim to the Human Rights Review Tribunal if you made a complaint to the Health and Disability Commissioner (HDC), and:
You can make a complaint to the HDC if a health or disability service has not respected your rights under the HDC Act. These rights are listed in the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code).
Find out what your rights are under the Codeopen_in_new
Unfortunately, the HDC can only investigate events that happened after 1 July 1996.
Learn how to make a complaint to the HDC
If the HRC does not refer your complaint to the Director of Proceedings, or the Director of Proceedings does not refer your complaint to the HRRT, you can file a claim in the Tribunal yourself.
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