Oral Evidence Nov. 29 2023
Inquiry: The UK and the Western BalkansFound: Centre for Advanced Studies Southeast Europe (CAS SEE), University of Rijeka, Women's Rights Centre (
Apr. 19 2024
Source Page: G7 foreign ministers' statement in Italy, April 2024Found: G7 foreign ministers' statement in Italy, April 2024
Mentions:
1: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) the world’s regimes that is most abusive of human rights, particularly the rights of women and vulnerable - Speech Link
2: Lord Anderson of Swansea (Lab - Life peer) democracy and the rules-based system are in retreat. - Speech Link
3: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LD - Life peer) and these Benches call for the designation under the human rights regime of Ministers Smotrich and Ben-Gvir - Speech Link
Found: Written evidence submitted by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) (EAPBB33)
Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) who cannot have the freedom of human rights and are persecuted across all of Pakistan. - Speech Link
2: David Rutley (Con - Macclesfield) democracy and all human rights. - Speech Link
3: Fiona Bruce (Con - Congleton) Silencing of Democracy in Nicaragua”, outlining widespread, grave and brutal human rights violations - Speech Link
4: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Con - Berwick-upon-Tweed) review and in March as part of our item 4 statement at the UN Human Rights Council. - Speech Link
5: Claire Hanna (SDLP - Belfast South) Will the Minister intervene and impress on them their human rights obligations? - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Margaret Hodge (Lab - Barking) its brutality and violence, for undermining human rights and democracy, and for being a terrorist paramilitary - Speech Link
2: Iain Duncan Smith (Con - Chingford and Woodford Green) Parliament who believe in human rights and the rule of law. - Speech Link
3: Iain Duncan Smith (Con - Chingford and Woodford Green) involved in human rights violations and other hostile activities committed by the Iranian regime, the - Speech Link
4: Nusrat Ghani (Con - Wealden) deal with day in, day out—in particular the human rights abuses that are mostly meted out to women and - Speech Link
Written Evidence Mar. 12 2024
Inquiry: Defence in the Grey ZoneFound: dgz0004 - Defence in the Grey Zone London Politica, London Politica, London Politica, London Politica
Mentions:
1: Jack Lopresti (Con - Filton and Bradley Stoke) the western values of freedom and democracy. - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) UK policies and relations in the area and protecting the rights of religious minorities? - Speech Link
3: Leo Docherty (Con - Aldershot) Our ambassador in Baghdad and our consul general in Irbil regularly meet Kurdish journalists, human rights - Speech Link
Asked by: Martyn Day (Scottish National Party - Linlithgow and East Falkirk)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of human rights concerns in Bahrain on diplomatic relations between the UK and Bahrain.
Answered by David Rutley - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
Bahrain is an important partner to the UK and we have a close and long-standing relationship. We benefit from a genuine and open dialogue in which we work together on a range of issues of mutual benefit, including defence, security, trade and investment, and human rights. The FCDO remains committed to supporting Bahrain's human rights reforms, including through projects delivered via the Gulf Strategy Fund. The FCDO's most recent assessment of the human rights situation in Bahrain is in the annual 2021 FCDO Human Rights and Democracy Report, published in December 2022.
Jul. 19 2011
Source Page: Building Stability Overseas Strategy. 40 p.Found: accountable and responsive states able to safeguard human rights and promote social and economic developm