Pacific Legal Gateway

Pacific Human Rights

Links to organisations working on Human Rights in the Pacific.

Regional Organisations

• Asia Pacific Forum (APF)

  The APF advances human rights in the Asia Pacific through our member organisations. We facilitate the formation and growth of national human rights institutions by providing training, networking and resource sharing.

• Australian Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission

  The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) was established in 1986 by an act of the federal Parliament. They are an independent statutory organisation and report to the federal Parliament through the Attorney-General.

• Fiji Human Rights Commission

  The Fiji Human Rights Commission is the organisation that is mandated by the 1997 Constitution of the Republic of the Fiji Islands to promote and protect human rights of all people in Fiji. The site is updated regularly with press releases concerning human rights in Fiji.

• Fiji Women's Rights Movement

  The Fiji Women's Rights Movement is a multi-ethnic and multicultural non-governmental organisation committed to removing discrimination against women through institutional reforms and additional changes.

• NZ Human Rights Commission

  Based in New Zealand, the Human Right Commission uses a range of activities to carry out its core functions, including providing human rights education, producing resources, inquiring into and reporting on human rights matters and resolving disputes relating to discrimination.

• Pacific Regional Rights Resource Team (RRRT)

  RRRT is a non-profit training and technical resource organisation specialising in human rights advocacy, law and education tailored specifically to the Pacific region.

International Organisations

• Amnesty International

  Amnesty International is a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights for all. Website contains many human rights educational resources.

• Center for Reproductive Rights

  The Center for Reproductive Rights uses the law to advance reproductive freedom as a fundamental right that all governments are legally obligated to protect, respect, and fulfill. Website contains many human rights publications on worldwide reproductive rights violations.

• Equality Now

  Equality Now works to end violence and discrimination against women and girls around the world through the mobilization of public pressure.

• Human Rights First

  Human Rights First is a non-profit, nonpartisan international human rights organization based in New York and Washington D.C.

• Human Rights Watch

  Human Rights Watch is the largest human rights organization based in the United States. HRW researchers conduct fact-finding investigations into human rights abuses in all regions of the world and then publishes those findings. Website contains links to many human rights publications in all regions of the world.

• International Commission of Jurists

  The ICJ network consists of 82 autonomous national sections and affiliated legal organisations in 62 countries across Africa, Asia/Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, Latin and North America, and the Caribbean. Website contains human rights information concerning Fiji.

• Interights

  The International Centre for the Legal Protection of Human Rights works to promote respect for human rights through the use of law. Their main focus is strategic litigation. Site contains a human rights resource library and links to Commonwealth and International Law databases.

Informational Resources

• The University of Minnesota Human Rights Library

  The University of Minnesota runs an on-line Human Rights Library with over 82,000 documents currently on their server. Information includes treaties, conventions, reports and documents in over 30 subject areas. Excellent informational resource.

• Universal Human Rights Index

  The Universal Human Rights Index provides instant access for all countries to human rights information from the United Nations system.

• Human Rights Internet

  A consulting and capacity building organization committed to social justice, good governance and conflict prevention. Contains a searchable international human rights organisation database with over 10,000 entries.