Policy paper

The Foreign Office's Human Rights work in 2011

The Foreign Office response to the Foreign Affairs Committee's recommendations regarding the Foreign Office's Human Rights work.

• From: Foreign & Commonwealth Office and The Rt Hon William Hague
• Published: 18 December 2012

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Documents

Third Report from the Foreign Affairs Committee Session 2012-13, the FCO'S Human Rights Work in 2011

Ref: ISBN 9780101850629, Cm 8506

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The Government welcomes the attentive scrutiny of its human rights work during 2011 carried out by the Foreign Affairs Committee. The Government agrees with the FAC’s assessment that the UK has a strong record in upholding human rights across the world. We welcome the FAC’s comment that our Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy for 2011 provides ample evidence of our work in promoting higher standards of human rights abroad, sometimes in difficult circumstances. We were pleased that the FAC recognise the considerable effort that went into the production of the FCO’s Annual Human Rights Report for 2011. We have taken steps to strengthen our human rights reporting over the last two years in response to direction from Ministers and feedback from the FAC and others. We will continue to ensure that our reporting is targeted to meet the needs of Parliament and our national and international readership.

This Command Paper sets out the Government’s response to the Foreign Affairs Committee’s report of 17 October 2012 into the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s Human Rights Work in 2011. The Committee’s recommendations are set out in bold. Unless otherwise indicated, references are to paragraphs in the Foreign Affairs Committee Report (HC116).

Published 18 December 2012