Human Rights Day 2024 – Op-Ed from Miles Young, Director of the Human Rights and Social Development Division of the Pacific Community (SPC)
Raising awareness of human rights through Pacific films and talanoa.
“We are all connected, parents, babies, oceans and the earth. When we forget that, everything suffers”.
16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence 2024
Melanesian Spearhead Group and SPC sign project to support women's rights and gender equality
A project to support Melanesian women entrepreneurs, increase equity across Members of Parliament (MPs), and end violence against women and girls is expected to get off the ground soon.
Promoting Melanesian Women to Enable Social and Economic Empowerment…
The Pacific Community to support the Republic of the Marshall Islands to bolster Human Rights Council Campaign
Challenging perspectives around disability
On Thursday, 18 April, at the Pacific Community (SPC) headquarters, a special event will be held. Together various stakeholders from New Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna, French Polynesia, Tonga and Fiji, will debate on the topic: “Let’s change our…
Human Rights Day 2024
Human Rights Day is observed every year on 10 December — the day the United Nations General Assembly adopted, in 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).
16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence 2024
The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence is an annual international campaign that kicks off on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and runs until 10 December, Human Rights Day. It was…
Human Rights Day 2023
Human Rights Day is observed every year on 10 December — the day the United Nations General Assembly adopted, in 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The UDHR is a milestone document that proclaims the inalienable rights…
Human Rights Day 2023 – Op-Ed from SPC's Miles Young, Director of the Human Rights and Social Development division
“Our future is in our past” is a Pacific metaphor which acknowledges the inherent value of culture for the wellbeing of Pacific peoples and for its contribution to resilience building.