Michael McHardy outlines the approach adopted by Aotearoa New Zealand under the Conversion Practices Prohibition Legislation Act 2022 and discusses which principles the UK may wish to bear in mind in the drafting of UK legislation

As the UK continues to debate how best to prohibit so-called conversion practices, questions remain about how effective and workable any future legislation would be in practice. This article examines the approach taken in Aotearoa New Zealand, considering what lessons the UK legislature might draw when drafting clear, robust and enforceable protections.

To date the UK has in force no legislation outlawing harmful conversion practises against LGBT+ people

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What the UK can learn from the New Zealand model in the drafting of effective legislation to outlaw conversion practises