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What does OHCHR’s Regional Office for the Pacific do?

OHCHR established a regional presence for the Pacific in Suva, Fiji in August 2005. It covers 16 countries: Australia, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu.

Based on the global mandate, OHCHR Regional Office for the Pacific

• Provides expert advice and technical assistance to different government offices and institutions, regional organizations, national human rights institutions or similar structures, academic institutions, civil society, professional associations and other stakeholders. This is done through briefings, discussions, seminars and round-tables, trainings, and direct legal and policy advice
• Encourages and assists governments and civil society in the region to actively engage with the international human rights mechanisms: the treaty bodies, special procedures and in particular the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process
• Monitors, documents and reports on human rights situations and issues
• Brings human rights into development and humanitarian work
• Highlights and promotes human rights issues and situations through advocacy and awareness raising, including through press releases, op-eds and social media

Recent/Upcoming events

• Newsletter April - June 2016
• Newsletter January - March 2016
• OHCHR quarterly update (Jan 2016 - March 2016)
• Regional Launch of the UN Free & Equal campaign for LGBTI equality. See the Press release
• Regional meeting on the rights of indigenous peoples and ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities in Port Vila, Vanuatu.(10-12, August) 
• Samoa UPR training (18-20, August)
• Human rights Treaties Division(HRTD) Regional ToT in Samoa (19-23, October)
• Human rights training for Fiji Police (26-30, October)
• Regional consultation on the draft declaration on the rights of peoples and individuals to international solidarity (18-19, November)
• Regional UPR meeting (25-27, November)
• Human Rights Day (10, December)