Web Directory > Pacific > Government, Law and Politics

• 3rd ACP Summit : ACP solidarity in a globalised world
  Proceedings and documentation for the 3rd ACP Summit of Heads of State and Government, including news and reports, media releases, speeches, attendees, agenda, programme and photos.
  
  
• APGML
  Asia Pacific Group on Money Laundering facilitates the adoption, implementation and enforcement of internationally accepted standards against money laundering and the financing of terrorism, in particular the Forty Recommendations and Eight Special Recommendations on Terrorist Financing of the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF).
  
  
• APIPA : Association of Pacific Islands Public Auditors
  A brief history of the Association which promotes efficiency and accountability in the use of public resources of developing Pacific nations. Includes a list of members.
  
  
• Association of Pacific Island Legislatures
  Comprised of legislative representatives from 12 island governments. Looks at matters where regional cooperation, coordination, exchange and assistance may help governments achieve their goals through collective action.
  
  
• Australasian Legal Information Institute
  The Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII) provides free internet access to Australian legal materials. The web site includes some New Zealand cases and other legal materials.
  
  
• Australia/Oceania
  Listings of political sites available on the Internet sorted by country, with links to Parties, Organizations, Governments, Media and more.
  
  
• British High Commission, Suva
  Includes the e-zine Britain in the Pacific.
  
  
• Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments
  An online directory of Chiefs of State and Cabinet members, compiled by the United States Central Intelligence Agency. Also includes heads of central banks, ambassadors to the United States, and permanent representatives to the United Nations. Issued monthly in PDF format, and also available in HTML format, updated weekly.
  
  
• ECSIEP : advocating the Pacific
  European Centre on Pacific Issues is the secretariat of the Europe Pacific Solidarity Network. ECSIEP serves as an information centre on developments in the Pacific and acts as an interface between Pacific civil society and European organisations and institutions.
  
  
• Island law
  The legal and political relationships between islands and the rest of the world, with a particular focus on Micronesia and other islands of the Pacific.
  
  
• Journal of South Pacific law
  Publishes "a wide range of material and legal research with a focus on laws of the South Pacific region and on issues of interest to legal researchers within the region". Includes refereed articles, working papers, case notes and book reviews. The site provides the full text of all issues and links to other Pacific legal publications.
  
  
• National Integrity System Country Studies Pacific Island Countries
  Website presenting reports on corruption levels and anti-corruption measures in various Pacific Island countries including Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu.
  
  
• Newsletter / Pacific Institute of Advanced Studies in Development and Governance
  Newsletter of the Pacific Institute of Advanced Studies in Development and Governance (PIAS-DG), which promotes research and learning into governance and economic development throughout the Pacific region. All issues available in full-text.
  
  
• Oceania Customs Organisation
  Site provides information about the OCO and its membership. Full-text reports on policy, newsletters and other publications are available.
  
  
• Oceanian governments on the WWW
  Links to extensive general information and information about governments, government depts.
  
  
• Pacific Institute of Advanced Studies in Development and Governance
  PIAS-DG promotes research and learning in the fields of Development Studies, Governance and Pacific Studies, particularly as these relate to the needs of Pacific Island countries. Includes information on courses of study, projects, seminars and conferences.
  
  
• Pacific Islands Chiefs of Police : bringing together policing in the South Pacific
  An organisation of 21 member countries and territories in the Pacific which aims to share information, discuss issues, devise and promote strategies on policing in the Pacific Islands. Includes resources and information about the activities, annual conference, and programmes of the PICP.
  
  
• Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat
  About the forum which works in support of member governments to enhance the economic and social well-being of the people of the South Pacific.
  
  
• Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute
  PacLII (an initiative of the USPSL) provides an online collection of judgments and statutes for Cook Islands, Fiji Islands, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga and Vanuatu. Includes secondary legal materials and the Journal of South Pacific Law.
  
  
• Pacific Islands legal material
  Lists Pacific Islands legal material held in major New Zealand law libraries. This includes primary material (law reports, statutes, gazettes) and some important secondary material.
  
  
• Pacific law journal index / compiled by Peter Murgatroyd
  A searchable index of articles on Pacific law, covering the Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn Island, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu. Topics include: Pacific law contextual articles (land, custom, history (incl. colonialism), constitution, politics and government, leadership and governance, economic and social conditions, environment and natural resources, women, and rights), courts and procedure criminal law, contract and tort law, equity, trusts and succession, and legal education.
  
  
• Pacific Legal Network
  Includes legal news from the Pacific region.
  
  
• Pacific Plan
  The Pacific Plan aims to strengthen cooperation and integration between the sovereign countries of the region and identify the areas where countries will gain the most from sharing resources of governance and aligning policies. Key areas are economic growth, sustainable development, good governance and security. Site includes: initiatives, key documents, regional analysis and regional links.
  
  
• Pacific wreck database
  History, veterans and wreckage of WWII. Maintained by Justin Taylan.
  
  
• Pacific Youth Bureau : PYB
  Part of the Social Resources Division of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community. Programmes and services provided by the Bureau to young people, youth workers and youth organisations. Resources and information on youth development initiatives in the Pacific region and elsewhere.
  
  
• Pacific
  Australian Agency for International Development program to improve governance, regional security and foster development in the Pacific. Provides program details for Fiji, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Samoa, Tonga, Kiribati, Niue and Tokelau, Nauru, Tuvalu, Cook Islands, Micronesia.
  
  
• Parline database
  The PARLINE database (a derivative of Parliaments on-Line) has been developed by the Inter-Parliamentary Union and is regularly updated on the basis of official information provided by national Parliaments, including those of Oceania.
  
  
• PCRC : Pacific Concerns Resource Centre Inc
  The Centre acts as the secretariat for the Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific (NFIP) Movement, collecting and disseminating information in their five campaign areas: demilitarisation, decolonisation, environment, human rights and good governance and sustainable human development. A summary report of the 9th NFIP conference which was held in January 2003 is available.
  
  
• Regional Rights Resource Team : RRRT
  Information about the Regional Rights Resource Team, a team of 7 human rights trainers working in the Pacific. Includes details about the RRRT organizational structure, activities, the RRRT strategy on poverty alleviation, and news stories. The full text of the Pacific Human Development Report 1999 is accessible.
  
  
• Revue juridique polynésienne : RJP
  Revue Juridique Polynésienne is a multidisciplinary journal, containing articles in French or English relating to various aspects of legal, social and human sciences, focusing mainly, but not exclusively, on the countries of the Pacific zone. All issues available in full-text.
  
  
• Rory Ewin's Pacific Island politics
  Papers, especially on Fiji and Tonga by Rory Ewins.
  
  
• State, Society and Governance in Melanesia
  The key objectives of the SSGM Project are to increase awareness and understanding of governance and state/society relations, to encourage scholarship on these issues and strengthen the linkages between academic and policy communities.
  
  
• Time to talk = To tok pisin
  Time to Talk is about politics, society and governance in today's Pacific. The radio series and website offers information, opinions, background and analysis.
  
  
• United Nations and decolonization
  Includes information about non-self-governing Pacific Island territories.
  
  
• United Nations Development Programme. UNDP Multi Country Office in Samoa : country office for Cook Islands, Niue, Samoa & Tokelau
  Includes information on the UN in the Pacific, environmental issues, sustainable development, poverty eradication, gender issues and HIV/AIDS.
  
  
• Update to Law of the Pacific Islands : a guide to web based resources / by Ruth Bird
  An update to the Law of the Pacific Islands: a guide to web based resources, published October 16, 2000. This guide deals with internet sites providing caselaw, legislation and Government home pages for the Pacific Island region. There are also links to several relevant journals, and to academic sites providing dedicated Pacific law web pages, or centres dealing with Pacific law.
  
  
• USP law
  University of the South Pacific School of Law site. Information about the school, its staff and courses. Also includes online legal materials: a range of judgments, legislation, treaties, conventions and agreements from countries in the South Pacific region.
  
  
• World War II on the web. links for World War II in the Pacific
  Links to pages about World War II in the Pacific on the web. Part of World War II site.