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House of Commons - Foreign Affairs Committee: the FCO's Human Rights Work in 2012 - HC 267
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Foreign Affairs Committee
其他書名
Fourth Report of Session 2013-14, Vol. 1: Report, Together with Formal Minutes, Oral and Written Evidence
出版
The Stationery Office
, 2013-10-17
主題
Law / General
Political Science / International Relations / General
ISBN
0215062701
9780215062703
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=NUljabOgWV0C&hl=&source=gbs_api
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The FCO was timid and inconsistent in the discussions which led to the decision to award to Sri Lanka the right to host the 2013 CHOGM. It should have taken a more robust approach since, in the light of continuing human rights abuses in the country. In 2009 the FCO objected to Sri Lanka hosting the 2011 CHOGM but did not obstruct a proposal that it might do so in 2013, nor did it insist that Sri Lanka's right to host in 2013 should be conditional on improvements in human rights. The Committee took evidence from the BBC World Service on jamming and denial of access to its broadcast and internet services, particularly in Iran and China. The Committee calls on the BBC to recognise in future funding plans the need to provide the resources necessary to afford protection. All providers of satellite services have a commercial interest in defeating jamming. The report considers Government policy on human rights in Burma and concludes that the EU's decision to lift economic sanctions in April 2013 was the right one, given the remarkable progress made in Burma. But it warns that the UK should be prepared to advocate re-imposition of sanctions if undertakings on human rights are not followed through. The Government should also urge condemnation of those responsible for violence in Rakhine State in 2012. The Committee does not support suggestions that the 2014 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games should be boycotted in protest against human rights abuses in Russia