October 29, 2011

Commonwealth leaders on Saturday failed to establish a human rights watchdog for their 54-nation bloc, but insisted that progress had been made during their summit to promote democratic values.Continue Reading

PERTH, Oct 29 (Bernama) — The Commonwealth heads of government have decidedto refer the recommendation by the Eminent Persons Group (EPG) for the settingup of the Commissioner for Human Rights, to the Commonwealth Secretary Generaland Ministerial Acti…Continue Reading

Commonwealth leaders meeting in Perth, Australia, have wrapped up their discussions for the day without being able to settle the most contentious issues dealing with human rights.Continue Reading

Prime Minister David Cameron said he is still hopeful that Commonwealth leaders can achieve “good progress” on tougher human rights protections amid warnings that a summit of Commonwealth leaders is headed for failure.Continue Reading

PERTH, Australia (Reuters) – Commonwealth leaders on Saturday looked certain to block a key recommendation to get tougher on human rights abuses, ignoring a warning that if they did so their summit risked being called a failure.Continue Reading

The report also touched on prejudice in getting treatment for HIV. Itcontained a recommendation to do away with laws which prevented people fromgetting treatment for HIV.The EPG said, during the briefing today, that many HIV cases could be foundin Comm…Continue Reading

PERTH, Oct 29 (Bernama) — The proposal for a human rights commisisoner, ifadopted by the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), could alert theCommonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) on situations of human rightsabuse, Eminent Persons …Continue Reading

Commonwealth leaders met on Saturday to thrash out key reform proposals seen as critical to the bloc remaining relevant, but a contentious human rights plan appeared deadlocked.Continue Reading