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Human Rights Day 2010
Released:  10 December 2010
Message from Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma

Commonwealth Secretariat highlights the rights of persons with disabilities
Released:  9 December 2010
UN Special Rapporteur discusses the rights of persons with disabilities at Commonwealth Secretariat multicultural event

Human Rights: More than Words
Released:  8 December 2010
The Commonwealth Secretariat launches new video on promoting human rights in the Commonwealth

Commonwealth Secretariat celebrates Human Rights Week
Released:  8 December 2010
Secretariat hosts event highlighting the rights of persons with disabilities

Launch of new publication on Human Rights in the Commonwealth
Released:  8 December 2010
Book examines the collective journey of member countries towards the realisation of one of the Commonwealth’s most cherished principles

Addressing discrimination against HIV sufferers
Released:  2 December 2010
The former Executive Director of UNAIDS, Professor Peter Piot, spoke to staff at the Commonwealth Secretariat on the advances and obstacles to treating and preventing HIV

The Commonwealth Secretariat's Human Rights work
Released:  10 October 2010
We work behind the scenes with governments and civil society to cause change

Poverty, gender inequality and vulnerability, key factors in human trafficking
Released:  23 September 2010
Trade in humans must end, says Commonwealth’s top human rights official

Commonwealth launches publication on UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Released:  3 September 2010
Publication - also available in braille - reinforces messages of equal rights and dignity for people with disabilities

Statement on Maldives
Released:  19 July 2010
The Commonwealth has been following the recent developments in Maldives

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