Foreign Office gives update on human rights in countries of concern
The Foreign Office has published new reporting on 28 countries of concern, along with new updates on two additional countries. The quarterly updates cover the period from April to June 2012.
The 2011-2012 Human Rights and Democracy Report is online to make it as accessible to the public as possible. It highlights the UK’s human rights policies and concerns on key issues, and features 28 countries of concern where the FCO has the most serious wide-ranging human rights concerns.
Every three months, we publish updates on the countries of concern to highlight key human rights events in these countries, and to report on actions that the UK has taken. In addition, as announced by the Foreign Secretary on 30 April 2012, we have published updates on two countries featured in the Report as case studies: Bahrain and Ethiopia.
The report is intended to inform Parliament, NGOs and the general public about our work on human rights.