2020 report on human rights in Fiji issued by the US State Dept is selective in its treatment of facts – Raj
2020 report on human rights in Fiji issued by the US State Dept is selective in its treatment of facts – Raj
Director of the Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Commission Ashwin Raj.
The Director of the Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Commission Ashwin Raj says the 2020 report on human rights in Fiji issued by the US State Department is perfunctory, scant in its interpretation and deconstruction of the law, saturated with generalisations and selective in its treatment of facts.
Raj says while the report impugns independent institutions like the judiciary and those responsible for the protection, promotion and preservation of human rights, there was neither any consultations with the state and independent institutions including the Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Commission in the formulation of this report nor any ethic of constructive engagement over the y
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In dialogue with Chile, Committee on Migrant Workers welcomes poositive developments but flags issues related to expulsions
OHCHR
Situation of Haitians and Venezuelans, as well as new migration law also discussed
The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families this afternoon concluded its consideration of the second periodic report of Chile on its implementation of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families.
Committee Experts noted that the new migration law would put into effect a complete paradigm shift, and welcomed positive changes it would enact, in line with the Convention, notably article 69. They addressed the Colchane Plan and the two related sets of expulsions that had taken place in Iquique in February, involving hundreds of individuals, including Venezuelans. Experts stressed that the Convention forbade collecti
In dialogue with Chile, Committee on Migrant Workers welcomes positive developments but flags issues related to expulsions
Format
Situation of Haitians and Venezuelans, as well as New Migration Law Also Discussed
The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families this afternoon concluded its consideration of the second periodic report of Chile on its implementation of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families.
Committee Experts noted that the new migration law would put into effect a complete paradigm shift, and welcomed positive changes it would enact, in line with the Convention, notably article 69. They addressed the Colchane Plan and the two related sets of expulsions that had taken place in Iquique in February, involving hundreds of individuals, including Venezuelans. Experts stressed that the Convention forbade collective expulsions; family and other aspec
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Government uses human rights review to reinforce the status quo
16/03/2021
(Geneva, Paris) The Maldivian government has failed to make progress on key human rights commitments during the latest Universal Periodic Review (UPR), FIDH and its member organization Maldivian Democracy Network (MDN) said today.
“Instead of using this UPR cycle to make bold human rights commitments, the Maldivian government adopted a conservative approach that reinforces the status quo and risks leaving important issues unaddressed.” Adilur Rahman Khan, FIDH Secretary-General
During the Maldives’ third UPR, the Maldivian government accepted 192 (187 totally, five partially) of the 259 recommendations it received from other UN member states on 4 November 2020. The government “noted” (i.e. did not accept) the remaining 67 recommendations.