Human Rights and Democracy 2012

Introductions

The promotion and protection of human rights is at the heart of the UK’s foreign policy objectives.  I, along with my ministerial team, consistently raise human rights violations wherever and whenever they occur.  And with this in mind, I am delighted to introduce the FCO’s 2012 Annual Human Rights and Democracy Report, which details our efforts to promote human rights during 2012.

» Read the full foreword by Foreign Secretary, William Hague

This report is the product of a great deal of work.  Through it we try to give you a picture of what our human rights policy is and what we do to implement it.  I hope you will find it interesting, informative and useful.  However, we always want to do better.  I hope you will give us your feedback and suggestions if you see ways in which we could improve the report, because I want us to be as clear as possible about the UK’s commitment to human rights.

We encourage you to submit your comments so that we can better understand the human rights concerns facing the public, as well as hear how we can improve our human rights reporting for 2013.

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