Union under the project titled: Fiji in Transition – Towards a Sustainable Constitutional Democracy. We, as Fijians have come a long way. While recognizing the diversity and unique contributions that each community has made to Fiji, we now proudly can call ourselves Fijians without having to declare our race or ethnicity each time we are applying for a job, trying to access institutions of education or applying for scholarships/loan schemes , or exercising our right to basic services such as housing, water, health, sanitation, fundamental civil and political rights including a voting system that no longer segregates along racial or ethnic lines because we are united by common and equal citizenry under our Constitution. Today, we have a robust Bill of Rights in our Constitution that guarantees the right to equality and freedom from discrimination, everyone is equal before the law and has the right to equal protection, treatment and benefit of the law. The law expressly provides that one cannot be unfairly discriminated against because of race, culture, ethnic or social origin and color amongst other prohibited grounds of discrimination, it guarantees from freedom of religion, conscience and belief but also the right to be free from hate speeches. We must zealously guard these hard fought rights and freedoms guaranteed under the Fijian Constitution. Director, Mr. Ashwin Raj FIJI HUMAN RIGHTS & ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMISSION Competition, which the Commission supports together with the Fiji Women’s Rights Movement. The event is funded and supported by the European ANNUAL REPORT 2018 45