Relevant legal documents and reports

 

 

This section provides access to publicly available and relevant legal documents and other reports

 

To access a text, click on the title in the list below:

 

  1. Rules of Procedure of “The Reporting Network for Relatives of Persons in Judicial Care” submitted to the Home Ministry pending registration Dhivehi (PDF)

  2. Rules of Procedure of “The Reporting Network for Relatives of Persons in Judicial Care” submitted to the Home Ministry pending registration English

  3. Human Rights Commission Bill, Maldives (PDF)

  4. Amendments Proposed by the President to the Constitution (PDF)

  5. National Criminal Justice Action Plan (PDF)

  6. Report on the Criminal Justice System of the Maldives by Professor Paul Robinson (PDF)

  7. Translation of Human Rights Commission of Maldives Press Statement (25 May 2005)

  8. Maldives Constitution (PDF)

  9. Maldives Penal Code

  10. Maldives Arrest and Detention Procedures for Periods of More than Seven Days

  11. Maldives Rules Relating to the Conduct of Judicial Proceedings

  12. Regulations for Human Rights Commission of the Maldives (PDF)

  13. Maldives Terrorism Act

  14. Associations Act of Maldives

  15. Associations Regulation of Maldives

  16. Rules Governing the Publication of Newspapers, Magazines and other such Items

  17. Regulation of Offenses that Allow Detention and Offenses that Do Not Allow Detention

  18. UNDP Maldives Support of the Review of the Constitution in Maldives (PDF)

  19. Divehi Translation of United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (PDF)

  20. Divehi Translation of United Nations Convention Against Torture (PDF)

  21. United Nations Principles for the Protection of All Persons Under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment

  22. United Nations Principles on the Role of Lawyers

  23. United Nations Fact Sheet on Protecting the Right to Defend Human Rights (PDF)

  24. Commonwealth Harare Declaration

  25. Commonwealth Millbrook Action Plan

  26. Commonwealth Coolum Declaration (PDF)

  27. Commonwealth Latimer House Principles on the Three Branches of Government (PDF)

  28. European Union Country Strategy Paper for Maldives 2003-2006 (PDF)

  29. United States of America State Department Human Rights Report for Maldives 2003

  30. Amnesty International Country Report for Maldives 2004

  31. United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

  32. United Nations Declaration of Human Rights