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Human Rights Rules 2003

TULAFONO A TOKELAU 2005

HUMAN RIGHTS RULES 2003

1 Individual human rights for all people in Tokelau are those stated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and reflected in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

2 The rights of individuals in Tokelau shall be exercised having proper regard to the rights of other individuals and to the community to which the individual belongs.

3 If a person thinks that one of their human rights provided by these Rules has been denied or may be denied, that person may apply to the Council for the Ongoing Government for protection of that right, and if the Council for the Ongoing Government agrees with that complaint, it may make any order it thinks appropriate for the protection of that right.