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Tonga and the EU
The Kingdom of Tonga is an archipelago of 176 islands – 52 of which are inhabited by 104,000 people.
In 2006, Tonga embarked on a programme of legislative reforms towards becoming a fully functioning constitutional monarchy.
A Delegation from the European Union (EU) led by the Acting Head of Delegation of the European Union for the Pacific, Mr Corrado Pampaloni attended the 49th session of the Committee of Representatives of Governments and Administrations (CRGA) and the 11th Conference of the Pacific Community held in Noumea, New Caledonia last week.
Overview of the human rights and democracy situation in Tonga.
At a time when human rights are challenged on a daily basis with many attempts to undermine the universality and indivisibility of human rights, the EU has remained at the forefront of the protection and promotion of human rights and democracy, be it in international forums, bilaterally with governments or through concrete support to the civil society.
In the context of the ongoing negotiations to modernize relations between the EU and 79 countries in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP), chief negotiators met with Pacific leaders today.
In the Pacific region up to two in every three women are impacted by domestic violence and gender-based violence – twice the global average based on national prevalence studies.
