The Foreign Office's Human Rights work in 2011
The Foreign Office response to the Foreign Affairs Committee's recommendations regarding the Foreign Office's Human Rights work.
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The Government welcomes the attentive scrutiny of its human rights work during 2011 carried out by the Foreign Affairs Committee. The Government agrees with the FAC鈥檚 assessment that the UK has a strong record in upholding human rights across the world. We welcome the FAC鈥檚 comment that our Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy for 2011 provides ample evidence of our work in promoting higher standards of human rights abroad, sometimes in difficult circumstances. We were pleased that the FAC recognise the considerable effort that went into the production of the FCO鈥檚 Annual Human Rights Report for 2011. We have taken steps to strengthen our human rights reporting over the last two years in response to direction from Ministers and feedback from the FAC and others. We will continue to ensure that our reporting is targeted to meet the needs of Parliament and our national and international readership.
This Command Paper sets out the Government鈥檚 response to the Foreign Affairs Committee鈥檚 report of 17 October 2012 into the Foreign and Commonwealth Office鈥檚 Human Rights Work in 2011. The Committee鈥檚 recommendations are set out in bold. Unless otherwise indicated, references are to paragraphs in the Foreign Affairs Committee Report (HC116).