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These documents outline the number of people accessing FCDO-supported gender-based violence prevention or response services.
3.21 million people were reached with gender-based violence prevention or…
This report explains the UK government’s work to support the growth, sustainability and impact of the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights in 2024.
The Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights were unveiled 24…
This report outlines progress made from February 2024 to February 2025 on the UK National Action Plan (NAP) on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) 2023 to 2027.
Introduction This seventh report to Parliament sets out progress from…
We are committed to ensuring that there is no modern slavery or human trafficking in our supply chains or in any part of our business.
This report explains the UK government’s work to support the growth, sustainability and impact of the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights in 2023.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
An interim statement by Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon on the human rights situation in the FCDO’s 32 human rights priority countries for January to June 2023.
These documents set out the number of people accessing FCDO-supported gender-based violence prevention or response services.
This document summarises the objectives and activities of the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office LGBT+ rights programme.
This is a collection of cases in which section 3 of the Human Rights Act 1998 was used to interpret legislation.
A summary of activity in 2022 by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and its diplomatic network to defend human rights and promote democracy worldwide.
This report explains the UK government’s work in 2022 to support the growth, sustainability and impact of the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights.
This report explains the progress made during the final year of the UK National Action Plan (NAP) on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) 2018 to 2022.
Thirteenth Annual Report of the UK’s National Preventive Mechanism: Monitoring places of detention
This document is the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) response to the Independent Commission for Aid Impact’s (ICAI) review of the UK’s approach to democracy and human rights.
This plan sets out the UK government's commitment to reduce the impact of conflict on women and girls and promote their inclusion to prevent and resolve conflict.
A summary of activity in 2021 by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and its diplomatic network to defend human rights and promote democracy worldwide.
This report explains the UK government’s work to support the growth, sustainability and impact of the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights in 2021.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Twelfth Annual Report of the UK’s National Preventive Mechanism: Monitoring places of detention during COVID-19.
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon gave an interim statement on the human rights situation in the FCDO’s 31 human rights priority countries for January to June 2021.
A summary of activity in 2020 by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and its diplomatic network to defend human rights and promote democracy worldwide.
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