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MEDIA RELEASES AND STATEMENTS

- OHCHR Pacific Op-ed by Matilda Boger - Northern Territory intervention law must comply with Australia’s human rights obligations, 22 May 2012

- OHCHR Pacific Op-ed by Matilda Bogner on World Press Freedom Day - “Press freedom, a delicate flower in the Pacific”, 3 May 2012

- OHCHR HQ News Release: Authorities in Papua New Guinea must respect independence of judiciary and uphold rule of law – Pillay, 27 April 2012

- OHCHR HQ News Release:UN Launches follow-up Mission to USA on Nuclear Legacy in the Marshall Islands, 20 April 2012

- OHCHR HQ News Release: Nuclear legacy in the Marshall Islands: “Nomads in their own country” – UN Expert, 30 March 2012

- Media Statement by SRVAW - Special Rapporteur on Violence against women finalises country mission to Papua New Guinea, 26 March 2012

- Media Statement by High Commissioner Navi Pillay on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, 20 March 2012

- Media Statement by SRVAW - Special Rapporteur on violence against women finalises country mission to Solomon Islands, 16 March 2012

- OHCHR Pacific Media Release - UN Human Rights Pacific Office welcomes proposal to remove PNG’s Sorcery Act, 8 March 2012

- OHCHR HQ Media Statement for International Women's Day - Pillay: Capitalizing on women’s potential in times of crisis, 7 March 2012

- OHCHR Pacific Meda Release – International Women’s Day – UN Human Rights Office celebrates rural women human rights defenders, 2 March 2012

- OHCHR HQ Media Release - Pillay welcomes lifting of emergency law in Fiji, encourages further steps to ensure human rights are upheld, 9 January 2012

- OHCHR Pacific Op-ed - Fiji's human rights situation in 2011, 16 December 2011

- OHCHR Pacific Op-ed - Australia's human rights situation in 2011, 15 December 2011

- OHCHR Pacific Op-ed - PNG's human rights situation in 2011, 14 December 2011

- OHCHR Pacific Media Release - UN report identifies successes in torture prevention, 13 December 2011

- OHCHR Pacific Media Release - Human rights in the Pacific, UPR, 2011, 12 December 2011

- OHCHR Pacific Media Release - UN welcomes reserved seats for women in PNG Parliament, 25 November 2011

- OHCHR Pacific Media Release - UN Human Rights joins 16 days of Activism against Gender Violence in the Pacific, 22 November 2011

- OHCHR Pacific Media Release - Media freedom key topic of regional meeting, 3 November 2011

- OHCHR Pacific Media Release - UN highlights regional human rights progress, 28 October 2011

- OHCHR Pacfic Op-ed - Decriminalizing homosexuality is an essential first step towards establishing genuine equality before the law, 11 October 2011

- OHCHR Pacific Media Release - World Mental Health Day, recognizing the rights of people with disabilities, 7 October 2011

- OHCHR HQ Media Release - “Vulnerable land users must be protected by international guidelines” – UN expert urges Rome summit, 4 October 2011

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Micronesia (Federated States of)
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Fiji

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Samoa
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Kiribati

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Solomon Islands

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Nauru

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Tonga

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