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Tevita Naikasowalu
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Role: Fiji Coordinator of the Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creations (JPIC) at the Columban Mission Tevita Naikasowalu is a Fijian Human, Ecological and Indigenous Rights Defender (HEIR Defender). |
He is now the Fiji Coordinator of the Justice, Peace, and Integrity of Creations (JPIC) at the Columban Mission. Tevita is also a member of the working group of the Indigenous people at the Pacific Human Rights Defenders Network (PHRDN).
With an aim to protect and strengthen human rights defenders in the region, PHDRN was established in July 2019.
Tevita said that DTP training on business and human rights in Fiji in 2019, where he participated, played a significant role in establishing the PHDRN.
“In that training, DTP presented research-based findings of how people and rights defenders in other countries are facing many challenges similar to us here in Fiji. That has broadened our horizons. We realized that we are part of a global struggle for human rights, and networking is important for the rights defenders,” Tevita said, “that realization played an important role in forming the PHDRN in 2019 though we were in talks about forming a regional network since 2010.” ... Read more
