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date	15/10/2019
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has a policy on the support and protection of human rights defenders worldwide.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
uin	455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>​The UK strongly supports the rights of human rights defenders worldwide to carry out their work safely and without fear. In July 2019, the UK published the document 'UK Support for Human Rights Defenders' that sets out our ongoing dedication to supporting and protecting human rights defenders worldwide. Our work to support human rights defenders across our global network of posts takes its inspiration from the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders; it includes attending trials, making public statements, raising cases privately with the host government, and lobbying for safe and open space for within which civil society and human rights defenders can operate. We also regularly engage with NGO representatives and human rights defenders to discuss the challenges which human rights defenders face and how the UK can best help in overcoming them.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 22/10/2019 10:21:04 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton

1020365

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, who the UK Government plans to represent it at the high level plenary session on human rights defenders at the UN General Assembly on 17 December 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
uin	199303
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>​The UK will be represented at Ambassadorial level at the High Level meeting to mark the 20th Anniversary of the Declaration on Human Rights Defenders.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 13/12/2018 11:55:49 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton

1020366

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will publish the Government's guidelines on working with human rights defenders.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
uin	199304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>In November 2017 the then Foreign Secretary issued a revised version of the UK Guidelines on Working with Human Rights Defenders to the diplomatic network. The premise is for the Guidelines to be used depending on the local context, as no two countries or human rights situations are the same. Where appropriate this might involve making public statements, attending trials, or working privately with the host government. We believe this approach is already working well, but are considering the best way of sharing the substance of the guidelines with human rights defenders and interested NGOs.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 13/12/2018 11:58:48 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton