Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Commission 5
Alternative report to the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination
against Women on the fifth periodic review of Fiji
address police brutality.
Gender based violence and human
rights training for the police in
collaboration with the UNDP and
Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre
Juvenile justice workshop in
collaboration with the judiciary
and OHCHR
Media freedom and human rights
workshop in collaboration with
MIDA and OHCHR
Video on LGBTI rights
Unite Against Racism Campaign
Booklet on constitutional rights
and freedoms and accessing
national human rights commission
Successfully encouraged Fiji to
vote for the UN Independent
Experts on Sexual Orientation and
Gender Identity
Successfully encouraged Fiji to cosponsor the resolution on National
Institutions for the Promotion and
Protection of Human Rights at the
33rd Human Rights Council in
Geneva
Outreach initiatives: The Commission
visited 113 schools between 2016-17.
It reached out to women in rural, remote,
maritime areas, semi-urban and informal
settlements, including women living with
disabilities, mothers clubs, lesbians, transwomen, interfaith based organisations
raising awareness on gender rights,
prohibited grounds of discrimination, right
to education, domestic violence, right to
health in particular reproductive health
rights, individual rights, accessing free
legal service and state welfare schemes.
The
Commission
led
six
pubic
consultations (under the Access to Justice
Project) with women, youth, LGBTI groups,