Human rights — Procedure — United Nations Human Rights Committee — Availability of legal aid for proceedings before Committee

International tribunals — United Nations Human Rights Committee — Nature of Committee — Whether a judicial authority — Whether exercising adjudicative functions — Whether part of judicial machinery of State which has accepted its jurisdiction — Availability of legal aid from national legal aid fund for proceedings before Committee

Relationship of international law and municipal law — Treaties — International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966 — Optional Protocol — United Nations Human Rights Committee — State party to Optional Protocol — Whether Committee exercising adjudicative functions of the State — The law of New Zealand