Human Rights Annual Report 2007This is the 10th Foreign and Commonwealth Office annual report on human rights. Publishing just a few weeks after the FCO's new strategic framework and mission statement this report shows how human rights will remain fully integrated with the their four new policy goals. These goals cover: counter-terrorism, weapons proliferation & their causes; promotion of a low-carbon, high-growth global economy; prevention & resolution of conflict and development of effective international institutions, particularly the UN & EU. The report also covers human rights in the overseas territories & of British nationals abroad; and key human rights themes including equality, democracy & rule of law. It also gives indepth reports on 25 countries of particular concern, setting out the main human rights problems and how they have been, and will continue to be, addressed. |
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
Promote a lowcarbon highgrowth global economy | 21 |
Prevent and resolve conflict | 29 |
Develop effective international institutions | 45 |
The Overseas Territories | 81 |
Key human rights themes | 88 |
Migration | 95 |
Disability | 101 |
Rule of | 115 |
Glossary | 192 |
Common terms and phrases
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