Empowerment
April 26, 2022
DISCRIMINATION can take many different forms. Amongst other things, discrimination can be direct, indirect, multiple, intentional, unintentional, base...
Empowerment
April 5, 2022
Discrimination can take many different forms. Amongst other things, discrimination can be direct, indirect, intersectional, intentional, unintentional...
Empowerment
March 29, 2022
DISCRIMINATION can take many different forms. Amongst other things, discrimination can be direct, indirect, intersectional, intentional, unintentional...
Empowerment
March 8, 2022
The right to non-discrimination is an important human right. Like the right to equality, the right to non-discrimination is mentioned in numerous inte...
Empowerment
March 1, 2022
The right to equality is a fundamental human right belonging to all human beings. As we learned in my previous article, article 1 of the Declaration o...
Empowerment
February 22, 2022
The right to equality is a fundamental human right belonging to all human beings. No matter who you are or where you come from, you were born with thi...
Empowerment
February 15, 2022
According to the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), “child marriage refers to any formal marriage or informal union betw...
Empowerment
February 8, 2022
Today, the size of the human population has drastically increased from what it was over a century or a millennia ago. According to Worldometers, it is...
Empowerment
February 1, 2022
Today, we live in a world where different groups of people exist. These different groups of people may have different beliefs and come from different ...
Empowerment
January 25, 2022
Today, we live in a world with many people from different backgrounds and beliefs. It is not unusual for persons who are different from each other to ...
Empowerment
January 18, 2022
Laws, which are a set of rules that govern the affairs in a State, are just one tool that can be used to protect others and prevent their rights from ...
Empowerment
January 11, 2022
Rape is a very serious crime that has affected and continues to affect the lives of many persons living in St Vincent and the Grenadines (“SVG”). It c...
Empowerment
January 4, 2022
According to the World Health Organization, child maltreatment “is the abuse and neglect that occurs to children under 18 years of age. It includes al...
Empowerment
December 14, 2021
HUMAN DIGNITY IS a foundational principle at the heart of human rights. It is mentioned in numerous international treaties, and the domestic laws of m...
Empowerment
December 7, 2021
The Preamble of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines’ Constitution (“SVG’s Constitution”) states the following: “WHEREAS the Peoples of the Island of Sain...
Empowerment
November 30, 2021
The Constitution of St Vincent and the Grenadines (“SVG’s Constitution”) has what is known as a preamble. This preamble is located before the Bill of ...
Empowerment
November 23, 2021
In St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), we have what is known as the doctrine of separation of powers. This is a principle of good governance which i...
Empowerment
November 16, 2021
The Constitution of St Vincent and the Grenadines (“SVG’s Constitution”), which is the supreme law in SVG, outlines many fundamental rights and freedo...
Empowerment
November 9, 2021
Human rights are indivisible, interrelated, and interdependent. Nevertheless, in order to better appreciate and understand human rights, various perso...
Empowerment
November 2, 2021
Due to its rapid development after World Wars I and II, most, if not all States have been influenced in one way or another by contemporary internation...
Empowerment
October 19, 2021
WHERE DID THE idea of human rights come from? The true origin and history of human rights is largely debateable. However, what we do know from the ear...
Empowerment
October 12, 2021
“What are human rights?”, “Who do they belong to?”, and “Where did they come from?”, are just a few questions that one may ask, when they hear the phr...
Empowerment
October 5, 2021
You are special, you are worthy, you are amazing, you are powerful,… From the day that you were born into this world, you were born with dignity, reas...
News
May 9, 2025
The last thing that the Bagga Fish Fest Committee wants to do is shut down the event, but with the disturbing number of children who are present at Fi...
News
May 9, 2025
The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) has brought attention to what has been described as “an urgent but often overlooked challenge of our time”...
From the Courts, News
May 9, 2025
A CAMPDEN PARK mother of three, who is well known at several Massy Stores as a thief, may face up to two years in prison after she was caught again, s...
From the Courts, News
May 9, 2025
A police officer, alleged to have aided and abetted a civilian to break traffic regulations, has been charged, and will appear in court on May 12,2025...
From the Courts, News
May 9, 2025
A 45-year-old farmer of Park Hill, who pleaded guilty to a charge of handling stolen goods was fined, bonded, and ordered to make restitution when he ...
