Human Rights

April 1, 2015 2502 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 3531 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 2447 views

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

January 5, 2014 9770 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 3865 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 2265 views

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

February 13, 2013 2383 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 2970 views

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

August 26, 2012 2767 views

Children in Pakistan are all too often compelled to work as labourers and denied access to education. Faisal Saleh Yaqub,…

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