House of Commons - The FCO's Human Rights Work 2010-11

Foreign Affairs Committee - Eighth Report
The FCO's Human Rights Work 2010-11

Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 13 July 2011.

Contents

Terms of Reference

Summary

Conclusions and recommendations

1 Introduction

2 Human rights policy at the FCO since 2010

The new Government's approach

Lessons learned? Middle East/North Africa and China

The 2010 FCO Human Rights and Democracy Report

Continued production of the report

Publication format

Purpose and content

Identifying "countries of concern"

FCO personnel and funding

Advisory Group on Human Rights

Cross-Government work

Human rights and development

Protection of civilians

UK human rights practices: counter-terrorism policy

3 FCO commercial work and human rights

Complementary or conflicting objectives?

Bribery Act 2010

Arms exports

Cross-Government working: UKTI and BIS

4 Current issues in human rights policy

Thematic human rights issues

Women's rights

Children's rights

Freedom of religion or belief

International institutions

UN Human Rights Council

International justice mechanisms

Regions and countries

Middle East and North Africa

List of printed written evidence

List of additional written evidence

Oral and written evidence
4 May 2011
23 May 2011
Written Evidence
Additional written evidence (unprinted)