In this seven-point human rights agenda addressed to the presidential candidates in the Maldives, Amnesty International calls on the candidates to make clear their commitments to protect human rights if elected. Highlighting the current human rights situation in the Maldives based on Amnesty’s ongoing research, campaign and advocacy engagement in the Maldives, the document makes seven thematic recommendations to Presidential candidates. The Republic of the Maldives must do more to meet its international human rights obligations and to continue on the course of improving its domestic human rights record. While progress has been made over the course of the past two decades, human rights gains have been slow and uneven.
