Office of the Ombudsman

State of Human Rights Report Questionnaires

2023 STATE OF HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT: Safeguarding Children's Rights in Samoa

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Children’s Survey [PDF format] [WORD format]

Civil society groups/ NGOs Survey [PDF format] [WORD format]

Communities/ General public Survey [PDF format] [WORD format]

State of Human Rights Reports

2022 State of Human Rights Report (COVID-19 and Human Rights: The case of Samoa) Full Report

2021 State of Human Rights Report (The status of Freedom of Opinion & Expression in Samoa) Full Report
2020 State of Human Rights Report (Village Family Safety committee Pilot Project) Full Report
2019 State of Human Rights Report (How far have we come? Evaluating the past) [Full Report]
2018 State of Human Rights Report | National Public Inquiry into Family Violence Full Report
2018 State of Human Rights Report | National Public Inquiry into Family Violence Summary
2017 State of Human Rights Report (Climate Change) Full Report
Samoan
2016 State of Human Rights Report (Disability) Full Report
Samoan
2015 State of Human Rights Report(General) Full Report
2015 State of Human Rights Report Summary

Detention Center Inspection Reports

2022 Detention Center Inspection Report: COVID-19 assessment of Tanumalala [Full Report]

Samoan
2019 Detention Center Inspection Reports [Full Report]
Samoan
2017 Detention Center Inspection Report [Full Report]
Samoan
2015 Detention Center Inspection Report [Full Report]
Samoan
2016 Detention Center Inspection Report [Full Report]
Samoan

Human Rights Submissions (International)

2021 NHRI Samoa submission to the Human Rights Council regarding Samoa’s Universal Periodic Review Cycle 3
Samoan
NHRI Samoa statement on family violence presented at the 41st Human Rights Council Session Geneva 2019
Samoan
2018 NHRI Samoa submission to the UN CEDAW Committee regarding Samoa’s compliance status with CEDAW
Samoan
2015 NHRI Samoa submission to the UN CRC Committee regarding Samoa’s compliance status with CRC
Samoan
2015 NHRI Samoa submission to the Human Rights Council regarding Samoa’s Universal Periodic Review Cycle 2
Samoan

Human Rights Submissions (Domestic)

NHRI Samoa submission to Parliamentary Social Committee on the Land & Titles Bill 2020, Constitution Amendment Bill 2020 & Judicature Bill 2020
NHRI Samoa submission to Parliamentary Social Committee on the Education Amendment Bill 2018 and use of force in schools
Samoan

Toolkits & Guides

NHRI Samoa Setting up a Village Family Safety Committee GUIDE

NHRI Samoa Village Based Advocates against Family Violence TALANOA TOOLKIT

English [A4]

English [A5]

Samoan [A4[

Samoan [A5]

COVID-19 & human rights in Samoa: A Human Rights Lens to COVID-19 Responses GUIDE