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10th July 2018 Geneva, Switzerland

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by Bob Last

Head, UK Mission Political and Human Rights Team

World Cup Council

There’s little point writing about anything not related to football at the moment and I wouldn’t expect anyone to give it much attention if I did. By a happy coincidence, plenty of the countries who qualified for the World Cup finals were busy at the Human Rights Council too. I’m happy to report that we […]

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28th November 2016 London, UK

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by Baroness Anelay

Foreign Office Minister for Human Rights

Tackling the stigma of sexual violence

25 November marked the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. As the Prime Minister’s Special Representative on Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict, I have seen first-hand the impact of sexual violence against women and girls in countries like Bosnia, Burma, Colombia, DRC, Iraq, Kosovo, Nigeria and Sri Lanka. I have seen the […]

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21st March 2011

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by Robin Twyman

Consul for Business and Government Affairs

Making Doha a bigger priority

I had the pleasure of going to the Washington International Trade Association discussion about the 2011 Congressional Trade Agenda.  It was an opportunity for the DC trade community to hear direct from key Congressional trade staffers what trade issues they thought would be keeping Congress busy this year.  It was an off-the-record discussion, so I’ll […]

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