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Welcome to the website of the Conservative Party Human Rights Group. The Conservative Party follows in the tradition of William Wilberforce, who as a Member of Parliament 200 years ago led the campaign to end the slave trade. Freedom, democracy, human dignity, opportunity and the rule of law are at the heart of our politics. They are values which should be applied to all areas of policy, domestic and international. The Conservative Party Human Rights Group is a body established to highlight international human rights concerns, and to inform, advise and develop the party’s foreign policy by making human rights a priority. Freedom and human dignity should be at the heart of foreign policy. The Conservative Party Human Rights Group builds on the work on the Conservative Party Human Rights Commission, which was set up by the Shadow Foreign Secretary in 2005 with Gary Streeter MP as founding Chairman. Gary Streeter stepped down as Chairman in 2007 and remains an active member of the group with Stephen Crabb MP appointed as new Chairman by Shadow Foreign Secretary William Hague. Members also include MP’s Michael Gove, John Bercow and Mark Pritchard, and human rights activist and writer Benedict Rogers. The group works closely with a number of human rights organisations, including Amnesty International and builds on the ideas set out in New Ground: Engaging People with the Conservative Party through a bold, principled and imaginative foreign policy, a paper published in 2003 by James Mawdsley and Benedict Rogers. The Conservative Human Group provides a forum for Party members and supporters with an interest in promoting human rights throughout the world. The Conservative Party Human Rights Group will: - hold regular hearings on countries and themes |
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