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11th December 2013
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UK supporting Human Rights Defenders in Guatemala
The following is a guest blog by our new Human Rights and Projects Officer, Motsabi Rooper. This Monday, as part of our marking of Human Rights Day 2013, we took part in the EU’s Annual Human Rights Defenders Meeting. During the event we met with a diverse range of Guatemalan Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) – […]
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11th December 2013 New York, USA
Philadelphia & London: Cities of Revolution
Sometimes it takes seeing your own national customs through the eyes of another to recognise their strangeness. I was honoured to join Mayor Michael A. Nutter of Philadelphia on his trade delegation to London at the start of November, and one night, as we were having dinner at a riverside restaurant, there was a brilliant […]
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10th December 2013 Budapest, Hungary
Human Rights Day 2013
Guest blog by Deputy Head of Mission Theresa Bubbear The UN General Assembly designated 10 December Human Rights Day in 1950. This is an important day for the UK as a member of the UN Human Rights Coucil and a global champion of human rights, which underpin prosperity and security. We mark the occasion at home and […]
10th December 2013 Brasilia, Brazil
Tackling violence against women and girls
The following is a guest blog by Louise de Sousa, Head of the Foreign Office’s Human Rights and Democracy Department. I’m looking forward to arriving in Brazil tomorrow, the day after International Human Rights Day, for my first visit to discuss human rights issues since I left the Embassy after three happy years in 1997. […]
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10th December 2013 Sana’a, Yemen
الفساد: بقعة ضوء على اليمن
الفساد ظاهرة اجتماعية، سياسية واقتصادية معقدة تُصيب جميع الدول. يصادف يومنا هذا (يوم 9 ديسمبر) “اليوم العالمي لمكافحة الفساد” الثامن برعاية الأمم المتحدة، وعليه فأن المملكة المتحدة تعلن التزامها لمعالجة المشكلة داخل المملكة وخارجها. أنا ملتزمة بقوة بقضية مكافحة الفساد ومشجعة للشفافية ضمن الحكومات و المجتمع المدني. المشكلة الفساد ليس بغريب عن اليمن. صنّفت المنظمة […]
10th December 2013 London, UK
Human Rights Day 2013
As we mark Human Rights Day and celebrate the UK’s re-election to the UN Human Rights Council, it is worth reflecting upon how regional organisations can reinforce and complement the UN’s role in promoting and protecting human rights, democracy and the rule of law. Last week I attended the annual Ministerial Council of the Organisation […]
10th December 2013
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Human Rights Day 2013
Today marks international Human Rights Day. This year we are celebrating 20 years of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Around the world a number of events will celebrate the success of a collective effort to tackle human rights abuses and protection of citizens. Sudan is a signatory to many of the […]
10th December 2013
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The Cancer of Corruption
It is right to call corruption a cancer. When it grows in the body politic, sometimes imperceptibly, it has the ability rapidly and insidiously to infiltrate and destroy the organs of the state. Once embedded, it is very difficult to cut out. Metastasis across society is common. It prevents countries from developing and reaching their […]
10th December 2013
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A Lunch for Nobel Laureates
One of the great pleasures of being Ambassador in Stockholm is the opportunity to host a lunch for our Nobel laureates. Yesterday Professors Peter Higgs and Michael Levitt, with their friends, family and colleagues came to the Residence. It was a chance to celebrate their discoveries. I noted what another British academic had given as […]
10th December 2013 Sana’a, Yemen
Corruption: a spotlight on Yemen
Corruption is a complex social, political and economic phenomenon that affects all countries. Yesterday, the eighth UN sponsored ‘International Anti-Corruption Day’, the UK restated its commitment to tackling the problem both at home and abroad. I am strongly committed to the anti-corruption cause and a keen promoter of transparency within government and civil society. The […]