The Commonwealth hasn't reneged on its commitment to human rights
According to your report, our organisation's "silence" over human rights abuses by our member states speaks volumes about where we stand on this key issue (Commonwealth 'has abandoned' human rights role, 9 October).
It states "the secretary general ... will not speak out against abuses by any of the 54 member states". The article continues that this represents a reversal of the Commonwealth's tradition of speaking out over gross abuses.
All 54 nations of the Commonwealth, accounting for a quarter of the world's countries and a third of its people, have backed the UN declaration of human rights, yet only five of them – Lesotho, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles and Uganda – have ratified eight key treaties that come from it.… Seguir leyendo »