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Human rights inquiry

Inquiry

Government Response

The FCO's administration and funding of its human rights work overseas: Government Response to the Committee's Fourth Report of Session 2015-16
The FCO's administration and funding of its human rights work overseas: Government Response to the Committee's Fourth Report of Session 2015-16 (PDF 159KB)

The Foreign Affairs Committee is inquiring into the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's (FCO) administration and funding of its human rights work overseas. Subsequent inquiries later in this Parliament will examine specific human rights issues and cases in more detail, consequent upon the conclusions of the report following this inquiry.

Work news

Human Rights Government Response published

Foreign Affairs Committee publishes government response to human rights report

Egypt and Bahrain now Human Rights Priority Countries: FCO acts following Committee's recommendation

Foreign Affairs Committee welcomes announcement that Egypt and Bahrain are now Human Rights Priority Countries

Foreign Office needs to raise the profile of human rights

Foreign Affairs Committee reports that human rights work is "deprioritised" at the Foreign Office

Charities and Minister questioned on FCO's human rights work

Foreign Affairs Committee holds two evidence sessions on Spending Review's impact on human rights work

19 February 2016

Human rights inquiry announced

Foreign Affairs Committee begin an inquiry into Foreign Office's human rights work

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