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Cook Islands

How well are the Cook Islands respecting people's human rights?

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Quality of Life

Economic and Social Rights

(2020)

Summary score

N/A

How well are the Cook Islands doing compared to what is possible at their level of income?

Right to

0

% of income adjusted benchmark achieved

HRMI score

100%

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Safety from the State

Civil and Political Rights

(2021)

Summary score

8.4

How well is the Cook Islands' government respecting each right?

Right to freedom from

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Score

10

Very bad

Bad

Fair

Good


Empowerment

Civil and Political Rights

(2021)

Summary score

7.9

How well is the Cook Islands' government respecting each right?

Right to

0

Score

10

Very bad

Bad

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Source: HRMI 2023 rightstracker.org

Quality of Life

For the Cook Islands no rights scores are available due to missing data in the relevant international databases.

Safety from the State

The Cook Islands' Safety from the State score of 8.4 out of 10 suggests that while most people are safe from government abuse, some may have experienced one or more of the following: arbitrary arrest, torture and ill-treatment, forced disappearance, execution or extrajudicial killing.

Compared with the other countries in the Pacific, the Cook Islands are performing close to average on the right to be safe from the state.

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Empowerment

The Cook Islands' Empowerment score of 7.9 out of 10 suggests that while many people are enjoying their civil liberties and political freedoms (freedom of speech, assembly and association, and democratic rights), a significant number are not.

Compared with the other countries in the Pacific, the Cook Islands are performing close to average on empowerment rights.