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Monday, October 3, 2011

Exclusive: Experts urge Commonwealth action on human rights

Reuters

LONDON | Sat Oct 1, 2011 7:21am EDT

(Reuters) - The Commonwealth must act decisively to uphold human rights among its 54 member nations or risk a slide into irrelevance, according to a report set to divide the group's leaders at their summit this month.

A confidential experts' report to Commonwealth heads of government, obtained by Reuters, called for wide-ranging reforms that it said are essential if the organization is to make a real difference to improving the lives of its people.

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