(New York) – The government of Fiji should amend articles that undermine human rights in a draft constitution that is scheduled to be promulgated on September 6, 2013.

The military-ruled Fiji is getting a new constitution, but it won't be the one drafted after extensive public consultation. It's been six years since Commodore Bainimarama led a military coup ...

The Fiji Court of Appeal has been deciding the legality of the interim Government. Yesterday New Zealander Justice Sir Maurice Casey gave the judgment. "This was an appeal by the interim civilian ...

The chair of Fiji's Constitutional Commission, Yash Ghai, has angered the country's prime minister, Frank Bainimarama, by saying he doubted the election scheduled for 2014 would be free and fair ...

Fiji’s military government lifted a three-year state of emergency Saturday ahead of talks on drafting a new constitution and eventual elections. Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama, who seized ...

SUVA, Fiji – Fiji's president fired the judiciary and assumed control Friday in a rapidly deepening political crisis in the troubled South Pacific nation. President Ratu Josefa Iloilo announced ...

Fiji's president, Ratu Josefa Iloilo, assumed control of the island's government today after abolishing the country's 1997 constitution.

Less than 24 hours after a Fiji court declared the country’s military backed government to be unconstitutional, Fiji’s president has voided the country’s constitution, made himself head of state and ...

SUVA, Fiji – Fiji has passed a new constitution, a step raising both hopes and concerns among many who want democracy restored to the South Pacific island nation. The military regime that seized ...

The government of Fiji should amend certain articles in a draft constitution that is scheduled to be promulgated on 6 September 2013; significant restrictions in articles 17, 18, and 19 would allow ...