13th Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture (FestPAC)

The 13th Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture (FestPAC) will now take place June 6-16, 2024 in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. The announcement from the FestPAC Hawaiʻi Commission and The Pacific Community (SPC), the custodian of FestPAC, follows two postponements of…

Human Rights Day 2023

Human Rights Day is observed every year on 10 December — the day the United Nations General Assembly adopted, in 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The UDHR is a milestone document that proclaims the inalienable rights which everyone…

16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence 2023

The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence is an annual international campaign that kicks off on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and runs until 10 December, Human Rights Day. It was started by…

The existential threat climate change poses to Pacific nations presented at International Tribunal

Photo: The Republic of the Marshall Islands Climate Change Envoy Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS)  

From silence to strength: Transforming our Blue Pacific through legislation

Gender and Social Inclusion training in Tonga commended and hailed as a success

Participants from the Ministry of Fisheries, Tonga with the training coordinators

Pacific Islands Forum Women Leaders back Fiji's proposal for extraordinary CEDAW Session in 2025

Photo credit: Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat

Technology can be the problem and solution for online safety

Delegates and participants at the official opening of the Safe and Online Equal Spaces – A Pacific Cyber Safety Symposium

Kiribati’s commitment: A journey towards human rights progress

Fiji Elections Disability Accessibility Working Group 4-Year work plan for inclusive elections

The Fiji Elections Disability Accessibility Working Group (EDAWG) recently launched its work plan for inclusive elections for the next four years.
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