Parliament of the Republic of Fiji

Foreign Affairs & Defence Committee on 3 Treaties:
2020-01-27 09:30 - 12:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | Rewa
Submissions to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence on all the three treaties:

Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
2011 Asia-Pacific Convention on the Recognition of Higher Education Qualifications
The Council of Europe Convention on the Manipulation of Sports Competition

Ministry of Foreign Affairs – 9.30am

Office of the Solicitor-General – 11.00am

Justice, Law & HR Committee @ Naduri Village, Macuata
2020-01-27 19:00 - 22:00 | Rewa
Standing Committee on Justice, Law & HR will be conducting public consultation on the Adoption Bill 2018 (Bill No. 32 of 2018) at:

Naduri Village, Macuata

Livestream of Public Accounts Committee @1pm
2020-02-03 13:00 - 14:30 | BCR 2 (East Wing), Government Building, Suva, Rewa, Fiji
Submission to the Standing Committee on Public Accounts on the Report on Performance Audit on Effectiveness of Institutional Framework for Preventing Corruption (PP No. 152 of 2019)

1.00pm – Joint submission – Ministry of Education, Heritage and Arts and Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption

Submission to the Justice, Law and HR Committee
2020-02-26 09:30 - 11:00 | BCR 2 (East Wing), Government Building, Suva, Rewa, Fiji
Submission to the Standing Committee on Justice, Law and Human Rights on the Fiji Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Commission 2016-2018 Annual Report

Fiji Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Commission

Submission will be shown live on Parliament TV Channel, www.facebook.com/fijiparliament and www.parliamentlive.gov.fj

Submissions to the Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee
2020-03-02 13:30 - 16:00 | BCR 2 (East Wing), Government Building, Suva, Rewa, Fiji
Submission to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence on the Ministry of Defence and National Security Annual Report 2016-2017

1.30pm – Ministry of Defence and National Security

2.30pm – Joint submission by the Ministry of Defence and National Security, Fiji Police Force, Republic of Fiji Military Forces and Fiji Corrections Service on the three treaties:
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons;
International Labour Organisation – Violence and Harassment Convention 2019;
International Labour Organisation – Protocol of 2002 to the Occupational Safety and Health Convention 1981.

Public Accounts Committee @ 1pm
2020-03-18 13:00 - 15:00 | BCR 2 (East Wing), Government Building, Suva, Rewa, Fiji
Standing Committee on Public Accounts to receive a joint submission on the Report of the Auditor General – Performance Audit Report on the Management of Rural Electrification Programme (PP No. 153 of 2019):
1pm – Ministry of Infrastructure, Transport, Disaster Management and Meteorological Services and Energy Fiji Limited

Virtual submissions to the Foreign Affairs & Defence Committee
2020-06-16 09:30 - 13:00 | BCR 2 (East Wing), Government Building, Suva, Rewa, Fiji
Virtual submissions to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence from the:

International Committee of the Red Cross – 9.30am
Republic of the Fiji Military Force – 10.00am
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights – 10.30am
Ministry of Defence and National Security – 11.00am
Methodist Church of Fiji – 11.30am
Ministry of Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation – 12.00pm

on the four treaties below:

Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks 1981 (Madrid Agreement);
Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement (Madrid Protocol) (together known as the Madrid System);
Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property; and
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of Children in Armed Conflict.

Virtual submissions to the Foreign Affairs & Defence Committee - 22-06-20
2020-06-22 09:00 - 12:00 | BCR 2 (East Wing), Government Building, Suva, Rewa, Fiji
Virtual submissions to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence from the:

Fiji Performing Rights Association Limited – 9.00am
United Nations Children’s Fund – 9.30am
International Labour Organisation – 10.00am
Sherani & Co. – 10.30am
Ministry of Foreign Affairs – 11.00am

on the four treaties below:

a) Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks 1981 (Madrid Agreement);
b) Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement (Madrid Protocol) (together known as the Madrid System);
c) Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property; and
d) Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of Children in Armed Conflict.

Virtual submissions - Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography
2020-10-06 09:30 - 11:30 | BCR 2 (East Wing), Government Building, Suva, Rewa, Fiji
The Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence will be receiving virtual submissions today, Tuesday (6.10.20) on the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography from:

9.30am – Pacific Conference of Churches
10.30am – Fiji Police Force

Virtual submissions to the Foreign Affairs & Defence Committee - 2005 Agreement Establishing the Pacific Islands Forum
2021-02-22 09:30 - 12:30 | BCR 2 (East Wing), Government Building, Suva, Rewa, Fiji
The Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence will be receiving submissions on the 2005 Agreement Establishing the Pacific Island Forum from the:

Office of the Solicitor-General – 9.30am – 10.00am
Ministry of Foreign Affairs – 10.15am – 10.45am
Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat – 11.00am – 11.30am
Mr Joji Kotobalavu – 11.45am – 12.15pm

Public consultations on the Heritage Bill 2021 - Levuka
2022-01-28 - 2022-01-30 | Levuka Town Council Hall

Submission to the Standing Committees
2022-04-12 10:00 - 2022-04-14 12:00 | Rewa
Standing Committee on Public Accounts

Date
Event
Time
Venue

12 April 2022
2018-2019 Audit Report on Municipal Councils (PP No. 161 of 2020)
1. Sigatoka Town Council
10.00am
BCR (East Wing)

13 April 2022
2018-2019 Audit Report & 2019-2020 Audit Report on Municipal Councils
1. Nasinu Town Council
2. Nausori Town Council
10.00am
BCR (East Wing)

14 April 2022
2018-2019 Audit Report & 2019-2020 Audit Report on Municipal Councils
1. Tavua Town Council
2. Rakiraki Town Council
10.00am
BCR (East Wing)

Standing Committee on Economic Affairs

Date
Event
Time
Venue

12 April 2022
Submission on the RBF Insurance 2019 and 2020 Annual Reports from the Insurance Brokers
10.00am
SCR (West Wing)

Live Submission to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs & Defence on the Convention on Cybercrime
2022-09-26 - 2022-09-27 | Rewa
Watch it ‘live’ on Parliament’s Facebook page and Parliament Channel on Walesi.

Monday 26 Sept 2022 @ 10.00am
Joint submission to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence on the Convention on Cybercrime –
· Ministry of Communications and Office of the Solicitor-General

Tuesday 27 Sept 2022
Submission on the Convention on Cybercrime –
· University of the South Pacific – 9.30am
· Fiji Women Rights Movement – 11.00am
· Fiji Law Society – 11.30am
