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Submission deadline for Commonwealth Peace Prize extended until January 2025

The announcement of the first-ever Commonwealth Peace Prize has led to an overwhelming response, and eligible entrants now have until 17 January 2025 to submit nominations for the inaugural award.

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Hon. Dunstan Mlambo, Judge President of the Gauteng High Court, South Africa speaking at the Rule of Law seminar

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We must decriminalise poverty to achieve equal access to justice

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Commonwealth Day 2023 theme announced: 'Forging a sustainable and peaceful common future’

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Zambia secures funds for climate adaptation with Commonwealth support

Former President of South Africa making a statement at a press conference in Abuja, Nigeria on the elections

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Commonwealth Observer Group calls for peaceful elections in Nigeria

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Commonwealth Member States Bridging the Human Rights Implementation Gap, survey finds

Commonwealth Secretary-General speaking at Commonwealth Secretariat and Lancet Oncology event

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Commonwealth Secretariat partners with Lancet Oncology on Commonwealth-wide Cancer Commission

Speakers at a St Kitts and Nevis event to launch the country's national sports policy

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St Kitts and Nevis to become 'role model for other Commonwealth countries' with National Sport Policy

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Commonwealth encourages legal reform to boost trade in the Caribbean

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Report calls for bystander intervention laws to address online violence against women in Pacific

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