s194(b) of the Crimes Act 1961 (NZ) is discriminatory on the basis of sex/gender and must be repealed as it breaches human rights of equal protection before the law and says:



194 Assault on a child, or by a male on a female

Every one is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years who—

(b) being a male, assaults any female.



This is a clear violation of article 7 of the UDHR. This sets forth a separate law, crime, and punishment that makes a distinction of the offenders sex/gender, committing a crime against another person of a specific gender.



This Act states that there should be a separate crime for which a man should be charged for hitting a woman. No crime exists for a woman hitting a man. And the general crime of Common Assault (s196) for which would be the alternative crime to 194, if a woman assaulted a man is as follows:



196 Common assault

Every one is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 1 year who assaults any other person.



This means that a man who assaults a woman is liable for imprisonment for TWICE the length of time, as that of any other person assaulting another, or a woman assaulting a man.



This is by very definition systematic discrimination against men.

This section of the Crimes Act must be repealed in accordance with UDHR and s21(1)(a) Human Rights Act 1993 (NZ), and s19 New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights sets out 30 articles of natural inalienable rights that every human has without distinction of any kind, such as: race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.

Article 7 says: All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law. All are entitled to equal protection against any discrimination in violation of this Declaration and against any incitement to such discrimination.

This means that no law shall be made that discriminates, or treats differently ANYONE on the grounds of race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.



s21 Human Rights Act 1993 (NZ)

21 Prohibited grounds of discrimination

(1) For the purposes of this Act, the prohibited grounds of discrimination are—

(a) sex, which includes pregnancy and childbirth:



s19 New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990

19 Freedom from discrimination

(1)Everyone has the right to freedom from discrimination on the grounds of discrimination in the Human Rights Act 1993.