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Fiji

Regional group:

Asia – Pacific Group (APG)

Council member:

2006-2007

2007-2008

2008-2009

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

Council Bureau membership:	President (2021) Vice-president (2019)
Coordinator of regional group:	–
Voluntary financial contribution to OHCHR (2024) :

Other HRC positions:	–
OHCHR presence:	Regional Office
NHRI accreditation status:	Suspended

National Mechanisms for Implementation, Reporting, and Follow-up (NMIRF): Unknown

Engagement with the HRC

Principal sponsorship of HRC resolutions

ontribution of respect for all human rights and fundamental freedoms to achieving the purposes and upholding the principles of the Charter of the United Nations; Promotion and protection of human rights and the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Cooperation with the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights, Elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members; Promoting, protecting and fulfilling women’s and girls’ full enjoyment of human rights in humanitarian situations; Freedom of opinion and expression.

Voting record

With regard to country-specific resolutions tabled under agenda item 2 (annual report of the High Commissioner), when a vote was called, Fiji tended to vote in favour. The only exception was a 2019 resolution on the OPT (voted against). With regard to item 4 texts (situations that require the Council’s attention), when a vote was called in 2019, Fiji voted in favour; but abstained during voting on the text on Venezuela. During voting on item 7 resolutions (OPT), Fiji nearly always voted in favour. The exception was an abstention during voting on the 2019 resolution on the human rights situation in the occupied Syrian Golan. Regarding the one item 10 resolution (technical assistance and capacity-building) on which a vote was called during the time Fiji has been a member of the Council, namely on cooperation with Ukraine, Fiji voted in favour. For thematic resolutions related to civil and political rights, or to economic, social, and cultural rights, where a vote was called during 2019, Fiji usually voted in favour.

HRC participation

During HRC general discussions, panel debates and interactive dialogues with the Special Procedures, during the past three years, either as an HRC member or not, the State has joined:

Regional
group statements

Average of statements for all countries: 98

Subregional
group statements

Average of statements for all countries: 46

Political group
statements

Average of statements for all countries: 109

Cross-regional
group statements

Average of statements for all countries: 61

Other joint
statements

Average of statements for all countries: 5

HRC member empty chair?

Country has not previously held a seat on the Council

Cooperation with international human rights system

Special Procedures

Standing invitation

Communications responded to / received

Visits requests status

Completed
Invitation sent by the State not (yet) accepted by the SP
Accepted / date set
Visit request by the SP and not (yet) accepted by the State
Postponed / cancelled

Longest visit request not (yet) accepted by the State >
SR on freedom of assembly, 2011

Treaty Bodies

Ratified

Reporting Status

Ratification status
Party Not Party
Individual complaint procedure accepted.
Reporting status

Submitted on time
Submitted late
Not applicable

On schedule
Overdue (outstanding)

CAT

ICCPR

CED

CEDAW

CERD

ICESCR

CRC

CRPD

Most overdue report

CERD
5.52 Years

OP-CAT

Ratified

NPM established

Universal Periodic Review

Reported

(2010, 2014, 2019)

Mid-term report

Level of delegation

Minister

Participation in other reviews
1^st cycle: 0 / 192

2^nd cycle: 16 / 192

Cooperation with the UN, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights

Cited in the Secretary General’s reports on 'alleged reprisals for cooperation with the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights' (2010-2024)?

Fulfilment of past voluntary pledges & commitments

Specific voluntary pledges:

Fiji presented commitments and pledges in support of its candidature for membership for the period 2019-2021 in July 2018. Fiji pledges, inter alia, to:

Further strengthen its engagement and cooperation with the Council and its mechanisms, including the Treaty Bodies and Special Procedures; Ratify the international human rights conventions to which it is not yet Party; Work to increase the participation of SIDS and LDCs in the work of the Council, including, inter alia, by supporting the SIDS and LDC Trust Fund; Further develop its NMIRF to make it a world- leading institution; Strongly support the following Council initiatives: climate change; environment; migration; internally displaced persons; women’s rights, sexual and reproductive rights, and violence against women; independence of judges and lawyers; and torture prevention; Continue to build bridges between the human rights and climate change communities, to better inform the implementation of the Paris Agreement; Champion the global recognition of the universal right to a safe and healthy environment; Emphasise the importance of prevention in addressing human rights violations; and Guide reform of the Council’s work under item 10 of its agenda.

An analysis of Fiji’s fulfilment of its pledges and commitments, shows that although Fiji has a Standing Invitation, only 29% of all Special Procedures’ visit requests received by the Sate have resulted in an actual mission. Fiji has not responded to the only Special Procedures communication received. Fiji is yet to sign the CED and CMW – the two conventions it pledged to ratify. Regarding those treaties to which it is Party, Fiji is yet to submit two of its periodic reports (CAT and CERD).

Fiji’s NHRI accreditation status was suspended by the GANHRI.

Fiji

Asia – Pacific Group (APG)

Engagement with the HRC

Principal sponsorship of HRC resolutions

Voting record

HRC participation

HRC member empty chair?

Cooperation with international human rights system

Special Procedures

Standing invitation

Communications responded to / received

Visits requests status

Treaty Bodies

Ratified

Reporting Status

Universal Periodic Review

Participation in other reviews 1st cycle: 0 / 192

2nd cycle: 16 / 192

Cooperation with the UN, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights

Fulfilment of past voluntary pledges & commitments

Specific voluntary pledges:

Participation in other reviews
1^st cycle: 0 / 192

2^nd cycle: 16 / 192