The 84th Extraordinary Outreach Session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child in Samoa ( 'CRC84') was the first time any of the United Nations Treaty Bodies have held a regional session to review multiple countries outside of Geneva or New York. The historic and innovative nature of this meeting mean it is prudent to document the experience and lessons learned, in order to inform future thinking around regional or sub-regional sessions.

Authored by SPC RRRT, this review attempts to capture this through a consultative process and by drawing on a range of sources.

The ‘Pacific Principles of Practice’ represents a significant achievement for this region in developing a guiding document for National Mechanisms for Implementation, Reporting and Follow-Ups (NMIRFs) towards the effective implementation of human rights and SDGs– a step forward that is of great global interest and which can be used to inform the establishment of such mechanisms worldwide.This document was officially launched at a virtual side event of the 44th Human Rights Council.

The Pacific Commonwealth Equality Project (PCEP) was a two-year project funded by the United Kingdom Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The project aimed to drive inclusive and equitable social change through good governance, respect for human rights, and fairer opportunities for politically, socially, and economically marginalised communities. This ensure that the targeted countries are in a better position to achieve sustainable development outcomes for current and future generations.

Pacific young leaders, advocates and practitioners, who attended the Regional Young Leaders’ Dialogue on Good Governance and Human Rights organised by the Pacific Community's Regional Rights Resource Team and Social Development Programme (SPC RRRT & SDP) at Nadi, Fiji in October 2019, acknowledge the importance of full youth participation at the national, regional and global levels to ensure informed and effective decision making and the full realisation of good governance and human rights through the Nadi Declaration on Human Rights and Good Governance.

Pacific Members of Parliament (MPs) from the Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and Vanuatu made history by signing the Port Vila Declaration on Human Rights, Good Governance and Sustainable Development at the conclusion of a three-day Pacific Regional MPs Dialogue in Vanuatu on 7 November 2019.