Workshop on national human rights mechanisms in the Pacific

Representatives from the Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Republic of Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu will meet in Apia, Samoa, from 27 to 29 April 2009, to participate in the Regional Workshop on the "Establishment of national human rights mechanisms in the Pacific", organized by the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), in partnership with the Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions (APF), and with the support of the Government of Samoa and the Pacific Islands Forum.