Fiji to host Pacific technical cooperation of the CEDAW session
The Fiji Government is pleased to announce that it will host the Pacific Technical Cooperation Session of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). This momentous event, to be held in Suva in April 2025,…
First Pacific Ministers of Youth Meeting in more than a decade recognises the need to pass the baton to our youth - the leaders of tomorrow
Pacific region leading the way in human rights software
Preserving knowledge of U cultural heritage, in the Federated States of Micronesia
Sharing disability inclusion advocacy experiences across the Pacific
Civil Society Organisations share best practices for better disability inclusion in the Pacific
Republic Of Marshall Islands Elections Authority endorses establishment of a Disability Access Working Group
In a historic move towards empowering persons with disabilities, the Republic of the Marshall Islands Elections Administration (RMIEA) has formally endorsed the establishment of an Elections Disability Accessibility…
USAID and SPC support strengthening of Fiji's Human Rights Database and Complaints Management System
The Fiji Human Rights Commission staff recently underwent intensive training with a team from HURIDOCS, a leading human rights technology non-government organisation based in Geneva, Switzerland.
The collaboration focussed on enhancing Fiji's human…
Government of Fiji hosts successful UN Human Rights Treaty Body follow-up review pilot
In a landmark event, the Government of Fiji recently hosted the third and final United Nations Human Rights Treaty Body (TB) follow-up review pilot, conducted from November 28 to 30, 2023. The gathering featured the active participation of three Pacific…
Children's Rights on the move - UN Committee on the Rights of the Child takes treaty body to rights holders
In 2020, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) embarked on an extraordinary journey, breaking from tradition, and holding its 84th session not in the familiar halls of Geneva, but in the heart of the Pacific, in Samoa.