Commonwealth defends relevance, faces human rights
PERTH, Australia (Reuters) – Commonwealth leaders on Sunday defended their moves to toughen support for human rights, rejecting criticism the group was becoming irrelevant and had failed at their three-day summit to hold member Sri Lanka accountable fo…Continue Reading
Commonwealth leaders branded ‘disgrace’ for refusing to publish human rights report
Perth, Oct 30 (ANI): The Commonwealth leaders have been labelled a “disgrace” for refusing to publish a critical human rights report.Continue Reading
Afghanistan: Key Conference Sidelining Women
Afghan women activists are at risk of being sidelined at a key international conference on Afghanistan’s future scheduled for December 5, 2011, in Germany.
(Kabul) – Afghan women activist…Continue Reading
Libya: Militias Terrorizing Residents of ‘Loyalist’ Town
Militias from the city of Misrata are terrorizing the displaced residents of the nearby town of Tawergha, accusing them of having committed atrocities with Gaddafi forces in Misrata. The entire town of 30,000 peop…Continue Reading
Rule of human rights cause split, says Malaysian PM
Perth, Australia (The Star/ANN) – Commonwealth countries have yet to decide on the appointment of a High Commissioner for Democracy, Rule of Law and Human Rights, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak said.Continue Reading
Rule of human rights cause split, says Malaysian PM
Perth, Australia (The Star/ANN) – Commonwealth countries have yet to decide on the appointment of a High Commissioner for Democracy, Rule of Law and Human Rights, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak said.Continue Reading
CHOGM rules out human rights commissioner
Leaders at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Perth have ruled out setting up a Human Rights Commissioner.Continue Reading
Commonwealth fails to set up rights watchdog
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
CHOGM: PROPOSAL FOR COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS TO BE FURTHER DISCUSSED
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 fails to reach human rights consensus
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
PM hopeful of human rights progress
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
Commonwealth leaders told summit risks being a failure
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
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONER – 3
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
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONER CAN HELP ALERT ABUSE IN COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES – ABDULLAH
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
Key Commonwealth reforms under threat
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