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The Final Solution: A United “Cross-Conditionality” on Funding the Republic of Fiji

Apart from standard financial, macroeconomic and structural conditionality a further genre is long overdue in international funding programs and that is to compel respect for the ‘rule of law’ and ‘human rights’, includi…
Early Signs of Genocide in the Republic of the Fiji Islands

The word ‘genocide’ was coined by Raphael Lemkin in 1945 and was first used in the same year in an indictment brought before the Nuremburg Tribunal.In the 1948 Genocide Convention, Article 2 defines ‘genocide’ as “...act…
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONTINUES GENERAL DEBATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATIONS THAT REQUIRE ITS ATTENTION

The following information was released by the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG): The Human Rights Council this afternoon continued its general debate on human rights situations that require its attention, which was…
Democracy and Rule of Law in Fiji

At the beginning of the twenty-first century, two sets of phenomena are challenging our understanding of democracy and democratization.At a bare minimum democracy requires: sovereign elected institutions; universal adult…