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International Day in Support of Victims of Torture 2015 focuses on the Right to Rehabilitation, a right guaranteed by Article 14 of the Convention against Torture.

Commonwealth Secretary-General, Kamalesh Sharma, met the Prime Minister of St Kitts and Nevis, Hon Dr Timothy Harris, on his ongoing visit to the country.

The Commonwealth is developing decisive action plans, based on new and globally leading research, to tackle institutionalised exclusion of women in public bodies and private companies.

The Commonwealth Secretariat and African Union (AU) held a high-level dialogue in New York last week to address women’s political leadership in delivering democracy and development in Africa.

The Commonwealth Women’s Forum is needed to “unearth responses to the challenges that women and girls are facing”