The Special UN Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers hopes to receive an invitation from the interim Government to conduct a mission to the country, to get first hand and credible information about the situation of the judiciary in Fiji, in order to be in a position to report more accurately about the situation to the Human Rights Council in Geneva.

UN Human Rights Officer, Valentina Milano has confirmed that the Rapporteur did write to the interim government on June 18th requesting them to invite him, Special Rapporteur, Leandro Despouy, to conduct a fact finding mission to Fiji.

The request was sent to the Permanent Mission of Fiji in New York, following the standard procedure of communication between Special Rappporteurs and Governments.

Milano has confirmed that no response to that request was received from the interim administration.

The Interim Attorney General, Aiyaz Sayed Khaiyum earlier confirmed that he only received a copy of the letter allegedly sent by the Rapporteur to the Fiji's UN mission.

He said that the proper by the Rapporteur in conducting a fact finding mission on the Independence of the Judiciary in Fiji.