Advancing dignity, equality and human rights across the Pacific.
Working with Pacific communities, institutions and partners to bring human rights into everyday life and support practical, inclusive change across the region.
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The archive includes public statements on freedom of expression, equality, the rule of law and other regional human rights issues. These materials provide historical context and should be read with their original publication dates.
Explore priority areas where human rights standards connect with Pacific realities.
Equal access. Meaningful participation. A Pacific where everyone belongs.
Explore↗ Disability inclusionPutting people and their rights at the heart of climate action.
Explore↗ Climate & human rightsAdvancing dignity and equal opportunities for every person.
Explore↗ Equality & non-discriminationConnecting Pacific voices with international human rights processes.
Explore↗ Human rights mechanismsPractical information, reports and guidance for communities, institutions and partners.
Chapter VI of the civil society handbook introduces independent human rights experts and ways to engage with their work.
Explore↗ A civil society guide to Special ProceduresA collection of archived reports, statements and workshop materials from the Pacific Regional Office.
Explore↗ Pacific human rights documents and reportsAn archived compilation of recommendations from UN human rights treaty bodies to Pacific countries. Use the source archive to explore the original publication.
Explore↗ Advancing the implementation of human rights in the PacificExplore human rights information from across the Pacific region.
Country markers are approximate; this locator does not show boundaries.
Updates, perspectives and regional activity from across the Pacific.
A regional workshop in Samoa brought Pacific representatives together to discuss independent national human rights institutions.
Explore↗ Building national institutions that protect human rightsPacific judges and lawyers considered how economic, social and cultural rights can be protected through justice systems.
Explore↗ Bringing human rights into the work of courtsExplore statements and opinion pieces from the Pacific Regional Office’s media archive.
Explore↗ Voices for human rights across the PacificFind contact information or explore global OHCHR resources and mechanisms.
