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Racial discrimination remains a barrier to the full realization of human rights, says Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Commission Pravesh Sharma.

Fiji joins in commemorating the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

Council Starts Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health The Human Rights Council this morning held a high-level panel discussion on the multisectoral prevention of and response to female genital mutilation.  It also started an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the right to health. Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, noted that female genital mutilation affected women and girls everywhere in the world, wi...

LETTER: The fact that so many children are dying in the Cape Flats due to indiscriminate shooting is a reflection on each and every one of us. It is a reflection on a society and a system that has lost its humanity.