早在2006年加拿大人大卫·乔高和大卫·麦塔斯抛出所谓中国政府采摘法轮功练习者器官的报告后，新西兰政府就对此进行了调查，并有了自己的结论，但法轮功方面仍然不断以各种公关手法进行游说、签名、请愿等活动。
2013年11月21日，新西兰国会的外交、国防和贸易委员会向国会递交报告，认定法轮功的请愿书中“要求国会认定新西兰公民和永久居民接受走私或非法采摘的海外器官是非法的”，“本委员会成员及新西兰政府，均未了解到任何可以证明法轮功对器官采摘的主张的独立证据，这一结论建立在新西兰及国外的调查基础之上。新西兰官员同乔高和麦塔斯、联合国酷刑问题特别报告办公室、人权问题非政府组织以及其他关注中国人权状况的国家都已就这些指控进行了讨论。其他国际组织也努力调查乔高-麦塔斯的报告是否真实，均认为法轮功声称的器官采摘缺乏根据，其中包括一份重要的美国国务院调查报告，其结论认为没有证据可以证明存在法轮功所指控的器官采摘。新西兰官员们没有了解到任何独立评估支持法轮功所指控的强迫采摘器官的观点。”
Petition 2011/84 of Sam Fang on behalf of the Falun Gong Association Incorporated 
Report of the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee
Contents
Recommendation 2
Appendix 4
Petition 2011/84 of Sam Fang on behalf of the
Falun Gong Association Incorporated
The Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee has considered Petition 2011/84 of Sam Fang on behalf of the Falun Gong Association Incorporated and recommends the House take note of its report.
The Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee has considered the petition of Sam Fang on behalf of the Falun Gong Association Incorporated, requesting that
the House make it illegal for New Zealand citizens and permanent residents to receive an organ overseas that has been trafficked or illegally harvested and urge the New Zealand Government to publicly condemn the brutal and inhumane persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China and publicly call on the Chinese Communist Party to immediately end the persecution.
The committee is aware that the petition forms part of a long campaign from Falun Gong and its supporters alleging that Falun Gong practitioners in China have been used as a source of organs for illegal donation. This allegation is unproven despite independent investigations and continues to be denied forcefully by the Chinese government.
The petition proposes that the House make it illegal for New Zealand citizens and permanent residents to receive an organ overseas that has been trafficked or illegally harvested.
The committee was advised that the sale of organs is not permitted in New Zealand. If people seek an organ transplant overseas then the New Zealand Government is not involved. Furthermore, with around a million New Zealanders resident abroad, it is difficult to see how, a law making receipt of an organ offshore illegal, could be enforced given issues including patient confidentiality, legal circumstances in other countries, and the clinical circumstances surrounding organ transplants.
The committee understands that New Zealand uses many channels for discussing human rights and rule of law matters with China. These include ministerial discussions, bilateral dialogue on human rights led by New Zealand’s Ambassador in Beijing, and bilateral Foreign Ministry consultations. New Zealand also discusses human rights issues at the United Nations (last month New Zealand spoke on the China Universal Periodic Review). There is also a secondment arrangement between the China University of Politics and Law and the New Zealand Human Rights Commission which provides direct exposure to New Zealand’s human rights practices. The committee members reaffirm our belief that religious and spiritual beliefs and expression of those beliefs is a fundamental human right that should be respected in all countries.
Issues raised in this petition have come before this committee in the last Parliament. The New Zealand Government investigated allegations made by Falun Gong of illegal organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners after they surfaced in March 2006 in a report written by Canadians David Kilgour and David Matas, and publicised through the Falun Gong publication Epoch Times.
Neither committee members nor the Government are aware of any independent evidence verifying the Falun Gong claims on organ harvesting. This conclusion is based on both New Zealand and foreign inquiries. New Zealand officials discussed the allegations with Kilgour and Matas; the office of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on torture; human rights non-governmental organisations; and other countries interested in the human rights situation in China. Other international organisations also attempted to verify whether the claims on organ harvesting made in the Kilgour/Matas report had substance. This included a significant US State Department investigation that concluded that there was no evidence of the practice. Officials are not aware of any independent assessment that supports the Falun Gong’s claims of forced organ harvesting.
We have no further matters to bring to the attention of the House.
Appendix
Committee procedure
The petition was referred to the committee on 7 November 2013. The committee met on 14 and 21 November 2013 to consider the petition.
Committee members
John Hayes (Chairperson)
Hon Phil Goff
Dr Kennedy Graham
Hon Tau Henare
Dr Paul Hutchison
David Shearer
Lindsay Tisch
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