Right Steps & Poui Trees


Disaster Risk Management Order (Amendment), 2021 – Dated January 25, 2021

The Gazette of the Disaster Risk Management (Enforcement Measures) (Amendment) Order, 2021 was posted online a week ago on the Office of the Prime Minister’s website. It has not yet been posted on the Ministry of Justice or Ministry of Health and Wellness websites. I have posted a copy below.


INDECOM’s Special Report on Rio Cobre Juvenile Correctional Centre Raises Serious Concerns

The 3rd and 4th Quarterly Reports of the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) were tabled in Parliament today. The former contains a Special Report on the Rio Cobre Juvenile Correctional Centre, one of the four juvenile correctional and remand centres operated by the Department of Correctional Services (DCS). This report raises a number of serious concerns about the treatment and well-being of the children in State custody at that facility, as well as the effectiveness of oversight mechanisms that are supposed to protect those children.

I am posting copies of the two reports tonight. I will write more in days ahead.