Bridgetown: Disability-rights advocates and activists from across the region sent the strong message that any decisions pertaining to their human rights, inclusion, and freedom from violence, must ensure they are seated at the table. This was the tone as over 60 delegates from 10 Caribbean countries recently took part in a consultation, with the aim […]
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The High Commission of Canada is pleased to announce the contribution of CAD82,620 to two Grenadian organizations — the Grenada Planned Parenthood Association and GrenCHAP Inc. — through the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI). These new projects will strengthen sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) services in Grenada, and increase public awareness […]
Port au Prince, 10 February 2023 Mesye dam bonjou (Good morning all). Thank you for coming and let me begin by thanking the Government of Haiti for its invitation to visit, and for the frank discussions we have had over the past two days. At a time when multiple crises around the world are competing for […]
Washington, D.C. — The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) concluded its first promotional visit to the Commonwealth of Dominica, which took place from June 22 to 23, 2022. This visit was conducted with the purpose of strengthening and deepening the Commission’s collaboration with the State, as well as promoting the Inter-American human rights standards […]
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana – Wednesday, 1 December 2021) – As actions to prevent and end violence against women and girls around the world come into sharp focus during the 16 Days of Activism observed on November 25 – December 10, Professor Emerita of Gender, Social Change and Development at UWI (St. Augustine) Rhoda […]
A strictly security-focused approach to crime prevention is costly, ineffective and paves the way for human rights violations. Why Caribbean governments should make the shift to a human rights-based approach to crime prevention now. People in the Caribbean face some of the highest levels of violence in the world. Of the 22 Latin American and […]
UWI St. Augustine’s Cultural Studies Society Addresses Current And Topical Issues Faced By The Caribbean And Wider African Diaspora July 8, 2020 – St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago… The Cultural Studies Society (CSS) at the University of the West Indies (UWI), St. Augustine, and friends have embarked on retelling our Caribbean stories with the series entitled DE-CODE. DE-CODE aims to build knowledge […]
Grenada’s human rights record to be reviewed by Universal Periodic Review GENEVA (22 January 2020) – Grenada’s human rights record will be examined by the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the third time on Monday, 27 January 2020 in a meeting that will be webcast live. Grenada is one of the 14 States to […]
On Zero Discrimination Day, UNAIDS calls on countries to examine discriminatory provisions in their laws and policies and make positive changes to ensure equality, inclusion and protection GENEVA, 1 March 2019—In 2018, a number of countries made landmark decisions to change discriminatory laws and bills. The Supreme Court of India struck down Section 377 of […]
