新西兰根据皇家委员会的调查结果,通过了具有里程碑意义的虐待护理改革,加强对弱势青年的保护。 New Zealand passes landmark abuse-in-care reforms based on royal commission findings, enhancing protections for vulnerable youth.

新西兰于2024年11月推出的《应对虐待护理立法修正法案》通过三读通过,根据皇家委员会关于国家和基于信仰的护理方面历史虐待问题的调查结果,推进改革。 New Zealand’s Responding to Abuse in Care Legislation Amendment Bill, introduced in November 2024, has passed its third reading, advancing reforms based on the royal commission’s findings on historical abuse in state and faith-based care. 该法案修正了四项法律,以加强保护,包括禁止核心工人因某些海外定罪而伤害未成年人,扩大“弱势成年人”的定义,将残疾包括在内,并要求在青年和与青年人一起开发的照料住所中制定个人化的搜索计划。 The bill amends four laws to strengthen protections, including barring core workers with certain overseas convictions involving harm to minors, expanding the definition of “vulnerable adult” to include disability, and requiring individualized search plans in youth and care residences developed with young people. 它禁止对未成年人进行脱衣搜身,将未经法院批准的安全护理限制在72小时以内,并加强问责制,反映以幸存者为中心的变革和对系统改革的承诺。 It bans strip-searches of minors, limits secure care to 72 hours without court approval, and enhances accountability, reflecting survivor-centered changes and a commitment to systemic reform.