The Tuvalu National Human Rights Action Plan is a Pacific first and consolidates Tuvalu's human rights commitments and ensures a systematic and coordinated approach to the delivery of the government's human rights commitment, as well as to strengthen the government's realisation of human rights in Tuvalu.
It captures Tuvalu's existing commitments under human rights treaties to which it is a state party-- the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC); the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and; the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) as well as Tuvalu’s commitments under the Universal periodic Review (UPR), the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Te Kakeega III-2016-2020 (TK III), Tuvalu’s National Development Plan.
Human Rights in the Pacific: A Situational Analysis captures the human rights achievements and challenges of 16 Pacific countries between 2012 and May 2016.
It identifies gaps and opportunities to advance priority human rights issues confronting the Pacific.
The publication provides legislators, policy makers, academics, government and those interested in human rights in the Pacific with a resource and evidence-base to inform ongoing work.
The publication is produced by SPC’s RRRT with support from the European Union.
The 16 Pacific countries covered in the report are: Australia, Cook Islands, Kiribati, Fiji, Federated States of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.
