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The Human Rights Commission shed some light yesterday on its decision to pull out of a legal attempt to ensure children’s rights were protected in court proceedings. The HRC said that, although there were several reasons behind the decision, the matt...

Senior civil servant Major Marc Telemaque asked immigration officials to find a way for Bermuda to issue travel documents to the four refugee Uighurs, but was rebuffed. Major Telemaque sent a “high importance” e-mail in January 2011, the day before h...

The Human Rights Commission withdrew from a legal bid to ensure children’s rights to be represented in court were upheld, without explaining why. The commission, an independent statutory body charged with promoting and protecting human rights in Berm...

The Human Rights Commission has completely replaced its board as 12 new people were named as the latest appointments today. Vaughan Caines, a barrister and member of the parole board, will be the chairman and his deputy will be Ed Ball Jr, who is the...

A clear-out of human rights watchdogs has sparked concern about continuity at the anti-discrimination body. Tawana Tannock, the former chairwoman of the Human Rights Commission, said she was worried important work could “fall between the cracks” if e...

After being shot by a Taleban gunman for attending school when she was only 15, Malala Yousafzai became one of the world’s most famous young activists for her fight for girls’ rights to education. In 2014, she won the Nobel Peace Prize. Celebrated f...

Since the start of the 20th century, March has been a key month for fights for the rights of women who, despite persistent hurdles, have made enormous strides in the quest for guaranteeing their physical, economic and decision-making autonomy. In Lat...

A lack of leadership on same-sex marriage slowed progress towards equality, the outgoing chairwoman of the Human Rights Commission has claimed. Tawana Tannock said the row was the most difficult subject she had tackled in her six years with the HRC,...

Extra legislation to protect the independence of human rights commissioners is needed, it was claimed yesterday. Tawana Tannock, the outgoing chairwoman of the Human Rights Commission, said the organisation was not linked to a government department b...

The public must hold politicians to account to tackle inequality, outgoing Human Rights Commission chairwoman Tawana Tannock has said. Ms Tannock said many people had blamed political parties for divisive human rights problems that have dominated hea...

Today, the United Nation’s Human Rights Day, is special in that it marks the 70th anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights. That iconic document was finalised in 1948, a few years after the conclusion of the devastation of the Second World War....

Bermuda’s human rights laws need updating to reflect social change, according to a civil liberties watchdog. Tawana Tannock, chairwoman of the Human Rights Commission, said: “Upholding the integrity of the Human Rights Act underpinned our engagement ...