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News Archive

To view all the news articles that appeared in a particular year or month, click on a year below.

 

Promoting and protecting human rights
Released: 19 December 2007
Commonwealth commissioned study spells out various mandates of national human rights institutions in the Commonwealth
Human Rights Plan of Action
Released: 12 December 2007
Commonwealth publication is designed to help member countries develop their own national plan for human rights
Delegates call for increased promotion of human rights
Released: 21 November 2007
“We need to do a lot more than we are doing” -- Rebecca Kadaga, Uganda’s Deputy Speaker of Parliament
Commonwealth children call for greater recognition
Released: 15 November 2007
Statement to Youth Forum requests formal Commonwealth Secretariat support
Commonwealth assists Swaziland to set up human rights commission
Released: 10 October 2007
Institution will co-ordinate human rights activities in the country
Model curriculum increases understanding of Human Rights
Released: 1 October 2007
“Knowledge is the most fundamental building block to a human rights culture” --Michael O’Flaherty, Professor of Applied Human Rights at the University of Nottingham
Effective urban governance needed for slums
Released: 1 October 2007
“By tackling the problems of slums, we can help people to realise their full potential and make a better world for all” -- Ransford Smith
Commonwealth Human Rights Unit News
Released: 1 October 2007
Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Released: 1 October 2007
Human rights a ‘cornerstone of the Commonwealth’: Secretary-General
Released: 14 September 2007
McKinnon urges greater action in implementation and compliance

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