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The UK welcomed recent ratifications of the Convention against Torture.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
The UK's Global Ambassador for Human Rights, Rita French delivered the UK statement, reiterating that the UK remains focussed on tackling the three primary threats to our environment: climate change, biodiversity loss an…
Liz Truss spoke about UK support to Ukraine against Russian aggression, including the UK’s toughest sanctions against oligarchs and others around Putin.
The UK delivered this statement and outlined its concerns about the continued complex and evolving threat posed by online child sexual exploitation and abuse.
The Media Freedom Coalition condemns Russia’s premeditated, unprovoked and unjustifiable war and use of coordinated disinformation campaigns against Ukraine.
The UK's Global Ambassador for Human Rights, Rita French delivered the UK statement, during the Annual Discussion on Rights of the Child.
The UK's Global Ambassador for Human Rights, Rita French delivered the UK statement, noting human rights concerns in Russia, Cameroon, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Nicaragua, Vietnam and Ethiopia.
Simon Manley, UK Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva, delivered the UK statement, noting that after 15 months of conflict, there is still repeated human rights violations and abuses, impacting millions in the north …
Statement by Ambassador James Kariuki at the UN Security Council briefing on South Sudan
Simon Manley, UK Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva, delivered the UK statement, calling on the Taliban to honour the amnesty it announced last August for all Afghans.
The UK's Global Ambassador for Human Rights, Rita French delivered the UK statement, strongly condemning the continued violence against peaceful protestors, as well as the sexual violence perpetrated against women and gi…
The UK's Global Ambassador for Human Rights, Rita French delivered this statement and outlined concerns at reports of continuing human rights violations, and the extension and implementation of regulations to maintain co…
The UK's Global Ambassador for Human Rights, Rita French delivered this statement noting with regret that there have been setbacks in several emblematic human rights cases in Sri Lanka.
The UK's Global Ambassador for Human Rights, Rita French delivered this statement on behalf of the Sri Lanka Core Group.
Foreign ministers of G7 countries and the European Union High Representative condemned Russia’s unprovoked and unjustifiable war of choice against Ukraine.
The UK delivered this statement and outlined its concerns about the ongoing human rights situation in Eritrea.
Simon Manley, UK Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva, said that Russia must be held to account for its campaign of destruction during the Urgent Debate on Ukraine.
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon welcomes conclusions of the 40th Universal Periodic Review.
The United Kingdom and Turkmenistan held their first meetings on 24 and 25 February to define new areas of cooperation.
Addressing the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said that council members together must stand up to Russian aggression in Ukraine.
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