nation, Palau is continuing to work towards complying with human rights standards expounded by the UN. In September 2011, Palau signed seven core human rights...

orientation and gender identity. In 2011, Palau signed the "joint statement on ending acts of violence and related human rights violations based on sexual orientation...

In 2010, Palau was a transit and destination country for an undetermined, but relatively small, number of women from countries in the Asia-Pacific region...

"All victims of human rights abuses should be able to look to the Human Rights Council as a forum and a springboard for action." — Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General...

States-Palau relations The Republic of Palau is a member of: Cannabis in Palau Constitution of Palau Human rights in Palau LGBT rights in Palau Freedom...

constitutional monarchy. The Human Rights Scores Dataverse ranked Japan somewhere in the middle among G7 countries on its human rights performance, below Germany...

Human rights in China are periodically reviewed by international bodies, such as human rights treaty bodies and the United Nations Human Rights Council's...

for economic and social rights. Along with Palau, Tonga is one of only two countries in the Pacific region (and seven countries in the world) that is yet...

Palau. United States Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (September 14, 2007). This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the...

Palau does not recognise same-sex marriage, civil unions or any other form of recognition for same-sex couples. Marriage (Palauan: chebechiil) in Palau...

tradition. Another point of concern is gay rights in the country as homosexuality is illegal. The Human Rights Measurement Initiative measures quality of...

of Palau is the head of state and head of government of Palau. The president is directly elected to a four-year term, and can be reelected once in a consecutive...

Palau has a bicameral legislature, the Palau National Congress (Palauan: Olbiil era Kelulau), consisting of the House of Delegates and the Senate of Palau...

The politics of Palau take place in a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Palau is both head of state and head of...

Palau was initially settled around 1000 BC. Palau was likely sighted for the first time by Europeans as early as 1522, when the Spanish mission of the...

HONORABLE RICARDO M. URBINA Palau Uyghurs try to build new lives[permanent dead link] Kyodo News 15 December 2009 Human Rights First; Habeas Works: Federal...

Palau currently has no political parties. It is a de facto non-partisan democracy since no law prevents the formation of political parties. The Palau...

Palau is divided into sixteen administrative regions, called states. Palau has a high ratio of government offices to citizens, with 16 states and both...

citizen of a country whose nationals must obtain a visa in advance. All visitors arriving in Palau must have a valid passport (valid for at least 6 months)...

Senate of Palau is the upper house of the Palau National Congress (Olbiil era Kelulau). The Senate has 13 members serving four-year terms in multi-seat...

agency in charge of the administration of justice. The ministry or department is often headed by a minister of justice (minister for justice in a very...

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is an international human rights treaty of the United Nations intended to protect the rights and dignity...

notions of human rights through claims of an inherent historical and traditional bias against the exercise of rights by women and girls, in favor of men...

LGBTQ rights by region, including countries, commonwealths, disputed territories, and other regions. LGBT rights in La Francophonie LGBT rights in the Commonwealth...

the Palau National Congress (Olbiil era Kelulau) and the Senate of Palau. The National Congress has 16 members, each serving four-year terms in single-seat...

 Federated States of Micronesia  Palau  Canada  Northwest Territories  Nunavut Almost every municipal government in the country  United Kingdom  Falkland...

considered a seminal document in the history of international law and human rights, forming part of the International Bill of Human Rights, along with the International...

of the Republic of Palau, RPPL No. 9-21 2013. Republic of Palau. 2013. Retrieved 14 November 2021. "Country Reports on Human Rights Practices". U.S. Department...

elections are scheduled to held in Palau on 5 November 2024 to elect a President and the National Congress. The President of Palau is elected using the two-round...

on Human Rights was a functional commission within the overall framework of the United Nations from 1946 until it was replaced by the UN Human Rights Council...