The territory’s 2007 Constitution provided for the creation of a commission charged with helping protect human rights in the Virgin Islands. It was never formed. But now, after 18 years …
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March 11, 2024
Long-delayed rights watchdog in the works
For more than 15 years, successive governments have been promising to establish the Human Rights Commission provided for in the 2007 Constitution. But the initiative has been delayed again and …
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December 11, 2019
EDITORIAL: Where’s the Human Rights Commission?
As the world observes Human Rights Day this week , all is not well in the Virgin Islands. To commemorate the observance locally, Premier Andrew Fahie should explain why his …
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January 1, 2019
LETTER: Steps seen as needed before constitutional review
The United Kingdom’s threat to impose public registers by 2020 has led to increasing calls for a review of the 2007 Constitution, particularly in the heating-up pre-election campaigns. But if …
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October 18, 2018
Lawmakers punt on human rights law
The establishment of the long-delayed Human Rights Commission has been postponed once again. Last week, after debating a bill designed to bring forward the commission, House of Assembly lawmakers broke …
July 27, 2018
Human rights bill dropped from HOA agenda once again
Despite being scheduled for a debate and vote in this week’s House of Assembly sitting, the Human Rights Commission Act was dropped from legislators’ agenda, representing the latest in a …
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July 19, 2018
Human rights commission on House of Assembly agenda
Lawmakers plan to debate and vote on the Human Rights Commissions Act 2018 in the House of Assembly sitting scheduled to begin today. The commission — which is provided for …
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