2018 IN REVIEW The following provides an overview of the key human rights achievements in 2018 Complaints Discrimination on a prohibited ground prescribed under section 26 of the Fijian Constitution The Commission in collaboration with the Fijian Competition & Consumer Commission (FCCC), held meetings and issued a statement regarding a landlord-tenancy issue in relation to alleged discrimination linked to race and ethnicity. The Commission investigated a complaint in which a woman was served with an eviction notice by the Housing Assistance and Relief Trust [HART] due to her pregnancy. This is contrary to section 26 (3) (a) of the Fijian Constitution. The Commission investigated a complaint against a school teacher for allegedly addressing a student as a ‘Punjabi’ (Punjabi is an ethnic group) and not by the given name. The Commission issued a press statement on Racial Profiling, expressing grave concern that various private and public institutions, through their representative bodies, continued profiling along racial lines. The Commission investigated a complaint of alleged discrimination faced by a person due to his sexual orientation. We will continue to work closely with FCCC in ensuring that we uphold principles of non-discrimination on any prohibited grounds prescribed under section 26 (3) (a) of the Fijian Constitution. Monitoring compliance is integral in ensuring that we remove vestiges of discrimination so that everyone regardless of their race, religion, ethnicity amongst other prohibited grounds of discrimination enjoy the right to housing. - Director, Mr. Ashwin Raj