'Commit to ending slavery', Commonwealth leaders told ahead of Queen's historic summit
(standard.co.uk) Commonwealth countries must act now to end modern slavery, according to a petition signed by more than 64,000 people.
Is the Commonwealth a plausible substitute for the EU?
WHENrepresentativesoftheCommonwealth’s53countriesmeetinLondonandatWindsorCastlenextweek,anarrayofrosystatisticswillbebandiedabout.Theorganisationembracesathirdoftheworld’speople,aquarteroftheUN’smembershipandafifthofthegloballandmass.
Amid rising attacks, Commonwealth nations urged to tackle threats to media freedom
Call to sign 12-point code of principles; London to host CHOGM next week Six Commonwealth organisations have called on member states to sign up to a 12-point code of principles on freedom of expression and the media, ahead of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in London next week, and
CHRI in Commonwealth discussion on growing pressures on the media
April 11th saw an all star lineup for a panel discussion 'In defence of free media: What can the Commonwealth do?' at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, London.
Kailash Satyarthi to release CHRI report to CHOGM on trafficking
April 12, 2018 London Nobel Peace Prize Winner Kailash Satyarthi and UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery will be top draws tomorrow at the launch of a report by the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) to Commonwealth heads of governments on SDG 8.
Commonwealth bodies propose code to protect media
Commonwealth organisations on Wednesday unveiled the 'Commonwealth Principles on Freedom of Expression and the Role of Media in Good Governance', at the Senate House.
CHRI at CHOGM April 2018
CHRI is organising a series of side events during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in London this month.
Creating an Effective Coalition to Achieve Sdg 8.7
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings (CHOGM) can be defining momentsin Commonwealth history. 1971 is remembered for the Singapore Declaration, the 1991 for the Harare Declaration, and 1995 for the Millbrook Commonwealth Action Plan.
SDG 8.7
Strengthening the Commonwealth to achieve SDG 8.7 The 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted by all UN Member States in 2015. Under SDG Target 8.
Two more RTI activists murdered; no end seen to this sordid saga
20 March 2018: Prominent Right to Information (RTI) activist and youth leader of Nagaland, Poipynhun Majaw was killed in the State’s coal belt in the Jantia Hills district.