Stronger visiting rights for people in health and care settings
Better protections for people’s visitation rights in health and care settings Government to drive cultural change across the system Ministers considering bringing forward legislation as part of wider reforms Patients and residents in care homes, hospitals and hospices will no longer be cut off from their loved ones unless in exceptional circumstances, under a government drive […]
The UK and partners call on countries to resist rollback and stand up for progress in advancing the human rights of all women and girls: UK-led Joint Statement at the UN Commission on the Status of Women General Discussion
Madam Chair, I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of my own country, the United Kingdom and 30 other Member States of the United Nations, namely Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Japan, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Moldova, Netherlands, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Norway, Palau, […]
UN Human Rights Council 61: UK Statement for the Group of Experts on Belarus
The United Kingdom thanks the Group of Experts for their comprehensive report. It confirms that serious human rights violations in Belarus continue, with no genuine accountability. We remain deeply concerned by the ongoing arbitrary detention of over 1,100 political prisoners, including journalists, human rights defenders, and democratic opposition figures. While we note the release of […]
UN Human Rights Council 61: UK Statement for the Interactive Dialogue on Myanmar
Madam Vice President, We are grateful for the High Commissioner’s update. We remain deeply concerned by the worsening human rights situation in Myanmar. Violence continues to escalate, including through indiscriminate attacks on civilians, punitive village burnings and forced recruitment. The military’s obstruction of humanitarian assistance has pushed communities to the brink of catastrophe. Severe shortages […]
UN Human Rights Council 61: UK Statement on the Occupied Palestinian Territories
Item 2: Interactive dialogue on the High Commissioner's report on the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Statement not delivered due to time constraints. Source link
UN Human Rights Council 61: UK Statement for the Item 2 General Debate
UK Statement for the Item 2 General Debate. Delivered by the UK's Human Rights Ambassador, Eleanor Sanders. Source link
UN Human Rights Council 61: UK Statement for the Enhanced Interactive Dialogue on Sudan
UK Statement for the Enhanced Interactive Dialogue on Sudan. Delivered by the UK's Permanent Representative to the WTO and UN, Kumar Iyer. Source link
Human Rights in Russia and the death of Alexei Navalny: Joint Statement to the OSCE
Thank you Chair. I am delivering this statement on behalf of the following participating States : Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sweden, the United Kingdom and my own country Czechia; as well as Australia as an OSCE Partner for Cooperation. On the second commemoration of Alexei Navalny’s […]
UN Human Rights Council 61: UK Statement for the Enhanced Interactive Dialogue on Afghanistan
UK Statement for the Enhanced Interactive Dialogue on Afghanistan. Delivered by the UK's Human Rights Ambassador, Eleanor Sanders. Source link
We will try to defend human dignity wherever it is threatened: statement by UK Minister for Human Rights
Mr Vice President, When the United Kingdom asked the world to place its trust in us and return us to this Council, we made a clear promise – that we would use our seat to defend human dignity wherever it is threatened. Today, standing here as a member once again, I want to renew that […]