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Ongoing Activities

Technical Assistance and Capacity Building

  • Solomon Islands – Assistance in setting up of National Action Plan on Human Rights (January)
  • Swaziland - Assistance in the establishment of National Human Rights Institution (January)
  • Maldives - Human Rights Leadership Project (February-March)
  • Mauritius - Human Rights Awareness project (March)

Partnerships/ Technical Assistance

  • Secretary General participation in High-level segment of the UN Human Rights Council and signing of a MOU of understanding with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (March)
  • Mid-term review of the Universal Periodic Review process of the UN Human Rights Council (March) 
  • Assistance to Commonwealth countries reporting to the Universal Periodic Review process in 2011 (May)

Human Rights Promotion

  • Launch of Leaflet on Rights of Persons with Disabilities (March)
  • Launch of Best Practices publication on the mid-term review of the Universal Periodic Review (June)
  • Launch of a commemorative publication on human rights based policing (April)