Dos and Don’ts for world leaders visiting Trinidad for CHOGM 2009
This weekend, over 50 world leaders will descend on Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. With leaders coming from across the globe, all sharing similar historical values, it look set to be a pretty diverse event. However, visiting a new country can be daunting, so here are a few dos and don’ts [...]
Two man rat…
Congratulations are in order for Simon Woolley of Operation Black Vote who has been appointed a Commissioner at the Commission for Equalities and Human Rights.
Woolley’s a great guy and passionate about what he does.
His appointment is a bit of a surprise though, given that he’s often been critical of the current head of the CEHR, Trevor [...]
Children’s rights at 20
Today is the 20th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
The UNCRC is one of those conventions that pretty much all countries have signed up to (except the US and Somalia).
A fundamental feature of the UNCRC is that states have to periodically ‘report’ to the UN Committee on the Rights of [...]
Hard times at The Voice (#132)
Tough times at The Voice newspaper…again.
Editorial staff at Britain’s only remaining newspaper aimed at an Afro-Caribbean readership, are bracing themselves for yet another round of redundancies.
This will be approximately the fourth or fifth round of redundancies in as many years.
Difficult times for all print media, and a difficult to place product, have taken its toll [...]