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Conservative Human Rights Commission urges a Conservative government 11 January 2010 In a new report released today the Commission recommends that a future Conservative government should consult and involve Women Human Rights Defenders in political dialogue and demonstrate that the UK is serious about the enforcement of international commitments on human rights. It urges the provision of UK investment for training projects for WHRDs, particularly for national projects in countries where abuse is rife. The report aims at judicial reform and training for women in the creation of peaceful and prosperous societies and the legitimacy of the role of WHRDs. It recommends that obligations towards women are treated as a foreign policy priority and that working with and supporting human rights is mainstreamed through UK government policy and practice. |
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Conservative Party Human Rights Commission 11 January 2010 Following the appointment of Tony Baldry as the new Chairman of the Conservative Human Rights Commission (CHRC), the Commission has undertaken to publish two reports before the General Election. Two groups have been formed to work on these reports with a view to publishing in late February /early March 2010. Invitations have been sent out to individuals and organisations to submit oral and written evidence. |
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Tony Baldry MP becomes new chairman In July 2009 Shadow Foreign Secretary William Hague asked North Oxfordshire MP Tony Baldry to become chairman of the Conservative Party’s Human Rights Commission. The Commission which is made up of approximately 20 members, including members of the House of Commons, the House of Lords, senior members of the voluntary side of the Conservative Party , and a number of Conservative Parliamentary Candidates, who have a particular interest in Human Rights The Commission seeks to work with other groups concerned about Human Rights and to try and ensure that the importance of Human Rights is kept high on the political agenda. |
The Female Face of Afghanistan: Recommendations to a future UK Government launched on International Human Rights Day: 10 December 2009 On International Human Rights Day, the Commission, launched “The Female Face of Afghanistan at a reception held at the House of Commons. |
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Why we need a plan to tackle Sexual Violence as a Weapon of War When sexual violence is used as a widespread, systematic and deliberate weapon of war the international community has a moral responsibility to protect the victims and prosecute perpetrators. |
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Globalising Human Rights:
A Conservative Agenda for UN Reform 18 March 2008 The Globalising Human Rights report has been submitted to the Shadow Foreign Secretary William Hague MP and analyses the performance of the UN Human Rights Council. |
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| 23 Apr 08 | Conservative Party Human Rights Group Hearing on child soldiers | ||
| 18 Mar 08 | Hearing on rape and sexual violence as a weapon of war | ||
| 18 Mar 08 | New Report on UN reform launched at Chatham House | |
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| 11 Dec 07 | William Hague launches 2007 Annual Report | ||
| 18 Oct 07 | Shadow Home Secretary calls for more action on human trafficking | ||
| 28 Sept 07 | Stephen Crabb MP: British Government must take action on Burma | ||
| 28 Aug 07 | William Hague statement on the crisis in Burma | ||
| 28 Aug 07 | Conservative Party Human Rights Commission calls for action on Burma | ||
| 05 July 07 | Conservative Party Human Rights Chairman Stephen Crabb writes to Mark Mallock Brown | ||
| 01 July 07 | UN Human Rights Council in danger of falling into "bad old ways" | ||
| 01 July 07 | Vietnam update and article on Fr. Van Ly | ||
| 25 June 07 | David Cameron meets North Korea defectors | ||
| 25 June 07 | Spotlight North Korea - a round-up of recent news | ||
| 25 June 07 | Commission members join events to mark Aung San Suu Kyi's birthday | ||
| 14 May 07 | Commission to hold hearing on UN reform | |
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| 08 May 07 | New Conservative Party Human Rights Commission Chairman introduces debate on caste discrimination |
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| 25 Apr 07 | Human rights defenders beaten up in Burma | |
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| 04 Apr 07 | Commission hold hearing on caste discrimination in India as UK marks 200th anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade |
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| 28 Mar 07 | Press release: Stephen Crabb MP named as new chairman | |
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| 27 Mar 07 | Stephen Crabb MP named new Chairman of Conservative Party Human Rights Commission | |
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| 20 Mar 07 | Conservative Party Human Rights Commission Deputy Chairman testifies at European Parliament | |
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| 15 Mar 07 | Commission adds its voice for women victims of abuse on International Women's Day | |
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| 08 Feb 07 | Vietnamese Government continues to increase repression over the winter | |
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| 31 Dec 06 | Interview with former Mongolian Prime Minister Elbegdorj Tsakhia | |
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| 18 Dec 06 | William Hague launches Conservative Party human rights report | |
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| 18 Dec 06 | Conservative Human Rights Commission call on Sudan to uphold peace agreement in Eastern Sudan and end its human rights abuses in the region |
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| 31 Oct 06 | Conservative Human Rights Commission welcome vote on arms trade treaty | |
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| 30 Oct 06 | Conservative MP's call debate on Burma | |
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| 12 Oct 06 | "Human rights sidelined" in UK foreign policy, claims alternative human rights report | |
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| 10 Oct 06 | Conservative Party Human Rights Commission back letter on Darfur | |
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| 04 Oct 06 | Conservative Party Human Rights Commission active at Party Conference | |
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| 03 Oct 06 | Hague focuses on human rights in conference speech | |
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| 27 Sept 06 | Vietnamese opposition groups endorse Conservative human rights focus | |
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| 26 Sept 06 | Aung San Suu Kyi invites to Conservative Conference | |
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| 24 Sept 06 | Shadow International Development Secretary calls for action against Sudan's generals | |
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| 21 Sept 06 | Conservative Party Human Rights Commission welcomes release of Maldives opposition leader | |
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| 11 Sept 06 | David Cameron signals new focus on human rights | |
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| 11 Sept 06 | Freedom House publishes worst of the worst | |
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| 10 Sept 06 | Vietnam report | |
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| 25 Aug 06 | Commission member proposes creation of a Minster for Human Rights | |
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| 15 Jul 06 | Conservative Party Human Rights Commission holds hearing on Eritrea | |
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| 07 Jul 06 | Eritrea hearing scheduled for July 12 | |
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| 29 Jun 06 | Cameron welcomes Human Rights Commission | |
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| 21 Jun 06 | North Korea and Vietnam update | |
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| 12 Jun 06 | UK Conservative Party Human Rights Commission report calls for release of detainees and all party talks in the Maldives |
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| 17 May 06 | Conservative Party Human Rights Commission joins protest at Burmese Embassy | |
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| 09 May 06 | Iran and Vietnam update | |
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| 03 May 06 | Sudan update | |
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| 03 May 06 | Belarus and Uzbekistan update | |
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| 29 Apr 06 | Burma | |
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| 26 Apr 06 | Ethiopia update | |
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| 25 Apr 06 | William Hague speech to Conservative Party Human Rights Commission | |
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| 25 Apr 06 | Evidence of crimes against humanity in Burma presented in
Conservative Party Human Rights Commission's first hearing |
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| 24 Apr 06 | David Cameron meets Charm Tong | |
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| 25 Apr 06 | Sudan update | |
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| 23 Apr 06 | Burma, The Maldives and India (Dalits) update | |
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| 18 Apr 06 | DRC and Uganda update | |
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| 18 Apr 06 | Burma, The Maldives and India (Dalits) update | |
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| 14 Apr 06 | Ethiopia and Eritrea update | |
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| 11 Apr 06 | DRC and Uganda update | |
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| 11 Apr 06 | Iran and Vietnam update | |
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| 10 Apr 06 | Belarus: eyewitness accounts - full version | |
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| 10 Apr 06 | Belarus: eyewitness accounts - summary version | |
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| 07 Apr 06 | Leading Burma dissident to meet William Hague and address hearing | |
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| 06 Apr 06 | DRC and Uganda update | |
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| 04 Apr 06 | Burma, The Maldives and India (Dalits) update | |
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| 28 Mar 06 | Sudan update | |
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| 28 Mar 06 | North Korea update | |
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| 27 Mar 06 | Belarus and Uzbekistan update | |
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| 27 Mar 06 | Chechnya and Turkmenistan update | |
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| 25 Mar 06 | Ethiopia and Eritrea supplementary report | |
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| 22 Mar 06 | Belarus and Uzbekistan report | |
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| 20 Mar 06 | Conservative activists demonstrate at Belarusian Embassy | |
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| 20 Mar 06 | Belarus update | |
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| 11 Mar 06 | Ethiopia and Eritrea update | |
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| 08 Mar 06 | Conservative Party Human Rights Commission Chairman Gary Streeter MP introduces Belarus Early Day Motion |
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| 27 Feb 06 | Burma update | |
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| 24 Feb 06 | Burma, India and The Maldives update | |
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| 20 Feb 06 | Burma, India and The Maldives update | |
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| 30 Jan 06 | Burma, The Maldives and India (Dalits) update | |
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| October 05 | Conservative Party Human Rights Commission launched at Party Conference | |
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