Apia, 8 December 2016 –“Tula’inei ma fa’ataua le aiatatau a ou matua, laufanau, lau pa’aga ma lou uso” That is Samoa’s theme for the Human Rights Day 2016. “Human Rights Day” is celebrated each 10th day of December as the last event on the 16 days of activism calendar. It commemorates the adoption of the […]
Samoa’s Office of the Ombudsman Rated “A”
July 19, 2016
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19 July 2016 Samoa’s Office of the Ombudsman Rated A The Office of the Ombudsman is rated as an ‘A’ status national human rights institution. This rating according to the Ombudsman, Maiava Iulai Toma was awarded from the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI). The awarding of an ‘A’ […]
PR: In January and February of this year, the Office of Ombudsman/National Human Rights Institution (NHRI) inspected Samoa’s places of detention. Following the inspections, the Detention Centre Inspections Report 2015 was produced which identifies prisoners as one of the most vulnerable groups in Samoan society from a human rights perspective. This is the first […]
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