| Synopsis: |
This is the tenth Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) annual report on human rights, which publishes just a few weeks after the FCO's new strategic framework and mission statement. The 2007 report shows how human rights will remain fully integrated with their four new policy goals, which cover: counter-terrorism, weapons proliferation and their causes; promotion of a low-carbon, high-growth global economy; prevention and resolution of conflict; and development of effective international institutions, particularly the United Nations (UN) and European Union (EU).The report also covers human rights in the overseas territories and of British nationals abroad, as well as key human rights themes, including equality, democracy, and rule of law. It also gives in depth 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. |