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Please update the Human Rights Watch of Bangladesh specially on the Hindu, Christian , Indigenous minority people and persecution of Hindus from the country .
Jamaican Homo-sexual need to have a freedom to walk on the street free not pushing anything in anybody face but if you feel to wear a fitted pants people will see you as gay and its not right if a group of homo-sexual are walking not doing anything bad people will try and harm them and its not nice, people should just be free to live the lifestyle they want and i believe the government is doing nothing to put a stop to the violence against homo-sexual people and its very unfair.
The UK is committed to combating discrimination in all its forms. The protection of LGBT rights is a fundamental part of the British Government’s human rights agenda. Our High Commission in Kingston has taken an active role in the dissemination of messages of tolerance via documentaries and media spots. For example, they recently organised a public forum on homophobic bullying in schools and have facilitated contacts between the Jamaica Forum for Lesbians All-Sexuals and Gays (J-FLAG) and the Jamaican police in order to improve the investigation of complaints involving assault or harassment against LGBT people.
Foreign Secretary William Hague,
International Missions,
Partners and Participants who have contributed to this report and most importantly who have made interventions that touched on human rights, All Protocols Observed,
I note the overwhelming recognition of human rights defenders in the world and appreciation of the work that they do. This reports has offered the welcome interventions for human rights defenders at risk and implementation of EU guidelines on human rights defenders. this is welcome and highly commendable.
I write to further enhance promotion of drafting and implementation of local implementation strategies in line with EU Guidelines and to further interrogate what measures are in place for deterrence to mitigate risks for human rights defenders, to encourage further engagement with UN tools and mechanisms including UPR to enforce states recognition of human rights defenders.
I would finally would love to see more preventive measures for human rights defenders exposed to risk.
Regards,
Thank you for your comment. The UK government is committed to mitigating risks faced by human rights defenders (HRDs) throughout the world – we support HRDs as legitimate actors exercising universal and democratic rights, and support their right to carry out their activities and voice their opinions peacefully.
We work closely with EU and other partners on a range of initiatives to secure protection for HRDs. Many of our embassies and high commissions have already developed local strategies and action plans for implementing the EU Guidelines, tailored to specific local needs. These include plans to regularly meet HRDs, to monitor trials, or to discuss the best way for the EU to respond, working with other like-minded countries as necessary.
Local strategies also include longer term preventative action for HRDS at risk. Through bilateral dialogue the UK continuously sends messages to key governments about the legitimacy of HRDs and encourage States to create an enabling environment for the work of HRDs and provide protection where required. Where local implementation strategies do not currently exist, we are in the process of working with country desk officers in London, and our colleagues abroad to develop appropriate action plans and toolkits for the implementation of the Guidelines.
The British Government regularly and consistently engages with international mechanisms including the Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review Mechanism to lobby governments to improve the protection of HRDs and human rights reforms. The UK, with EU partners, also co-sponsors a resolution every two years at the UN General Assembly calling for better protection of HRDs, and is involved in other action at the multilateral level. At the March 2013 UN Human Rights Council, the UK also co-sponsored a resolution protecting human rights defenders, pointing specifically to legislation and regulatory challenges which are making it harder for HRDs to operate in some countries.
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