Fiji Human Rights Commission

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Fiji Human Rights Commission is an independent statutory body which was established under the 1997 Constitution of the Republic of the Fiji Islands. Its role is to protect and promote human rights for the people of Fiji and to help build and strengthen a culture of human rights in Fiji.

The mandate of the Commission is to educate the general public about human rights and to make recommendations to the government about matters affecting human rights. The Commission protects Human Rights mainly through the complaints and legal divisions. It assists the public on complaints of allegations of breaches of human rights, Its job is to receive complaints, classify it, investigate these complaints and to resolve these complaints by conciliation and to refer unresolved complaints to the Commission's legal division for court action, and to refer complaints to the necessary ministry or department if the complaint is not within the Commission's jurisdiction. The interim Prime minister Frank Bainimarama has issued an assurance that his government is committed to upholding the law and protecting human rights as in the constitution. [1]