Human Rights

May 22, 2015 2606 views

Salma Yusuf, a Sri Lankan based human rights lawyer, lecturer and Commonwealth Correspondent, was the main author of the Jaffna Memorandum.…

May 19, 2015 3422 views

With xenophobia making headlines in South Africa, Denise Juvane, 22, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Mozambique now living in England examines the…

April 1, 2015 2701 views

Children brim with positive spirit and eagerness to learn in spite of dire surroundings, writes Geetha Kanniah, 18, a Commonwealth…

November 9, 2014 1 comment 3794 views

The concept of human rights has been one of the most debated issues throughout the world in the last half…

March 10, 2014 1 comment 2595 views

UN Human Rights Council sessions in Geneva provide an opportunity for Sri Lanka to look carefully at how it will…

January 5, 2014 10695 views

Thousands of youth took part in Sri Lanka’s Human Rights Day, writes Madusha Erandi, 21, a Correspondent from Colombo in…

September 11, 2013 1 comment 4214 views

Over the past ten years, India’s shoot-to-kill policy at its borders has cost over 1,000 lives, most of them unarmed…

August 1, 2013 2411 views

Young people from four Commonwealth Pacific countries have completed a one week Training of Trainers’ course in human rights and…

February 13, 2013 2599 views

The Commonwealth is training Caribbean youth workers on educating young people about their human rights. The first regional workshop is…

December 6, 2012 3 comments 3120 views

Nigeria’s foremost child rights activist has been named to a prestigious International Leadership program operated by the U.S. State Department.…