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  • Human Rights Council 20th session concludes

    The UN Human Rights Council concluded its 20th Session on Friday 6 July, with a number of landmark resolutions on key countries of concern.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Foreign Secretary speaks on “International Justice and Ending Impunity”

    Foreign Secretary William Hague will pay a one day visit to the Netherlands on Monday 9 July, where he will deliver a speech to the legal, diplomatic and political community in The Hague.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Foreign Office Minister meets with leading human rights lawyer

    Foreign Office Minister for South Asia Alistair Burt met today with Asma Jahangir, leading human rights lawyer from Pakistan.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Foreign Office Minister welcomes establishment of a Special Rapporteur on Belarus

    Minister for Europe David Lidington said the establishment sends a strong message of concern about the deteriorating human rights situation in the country.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Minister urges accountability for human rights abuses in Bahrain

    Minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt met Bahrain's Minister for Justice and Islamic Affairs in London on 5 July.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK welcomes European Court of Human Rights judgement on former Ukrainian Minister

    Minister for Europe David Lidington spoke following the European Court of Human Rights judgement on former Interior Minister Lutsenko.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Foreign Secretary welcomes Human Rights Watch report on Syria

    Foreign Secretary William Hague has said that the UK will continue to focus attention on what is happening in Syria and work to bring an end to the violence.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Foreign Secretary congratulates new Mexican president

    Foreign Secretary William Hague has spoken following the election of Enrique Peña Nieto as the next President of Mexico.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • This week at the Foreign Office

    A look at the work of the Foreign Office and its embassies overseas this week.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK recognises right to sanitation

    The UK has recognised sanitation as a human right under international law and has committed to doubling ambition's on water, sanitation and hygiene to reach at least 60 million people by 2015.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

    Foreign Office Minister for Human Rights Jeremy Browne says torture is an affront to Human Rights.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Foreign Secretary meets Aung San Suu Kyi

    Foreign Secretary William Hague welcomed Aung San Suu Kyi to the Foreign Office today.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • This week at the Foreign Office

    A look at the work of the Foreign Office and its embassies overseas this week.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Minister for Africa concerned by situation in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

    Minister for Africa Henry Bellingham said that instability in eastern DRC is in no-one's interests when he commented on the situation.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Foreign Office Minister expresses deep concern at sentencing of Iranian human rights lawyer

    Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt expressed concern at the sentence handed to Iranian human rights lawyer Abdolfattah Soltani, saying the case highlights the callous disregard of the Iranian government for its people and…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Foreign Secretary welcomes next Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court

    Foreign Secretary William Hague has spoken after Ms Fatou Bensouda was appointed as the next Chief Proscutor of the International Criminal Court.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK Foreign Secretary pays tribute to Pakistani women’s rights campaigners

    The British Foreign Secretary has paid tribute to Pakistani women’s rights and human rights campaigners on the final day of his visit to Pakistan.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Foreign Secretary statement to Parliament on the crisis in Syria

    Foreign Secretary William Hague: "This freedom is not only the legitimate right of all the peoples of the region, it is the foundation of lasting peace, stability and prosperity."

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Foreign Secretary: "International unity" needed on Syria

    Foreign Secretary William Hague was interviewed by Dermot Murnaghan on Sky News today on Syria.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Foreign Office Minister calls on all parties to end violence in western Burma

    Foreign Office Minister Jeremy Browne 'deeply concerned' by ongoing violence

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government