The UK holds the Presidency of IHRA for 2024-25.
Find out what we’re doing this year to promote Holocaust remembrance, education and research, around our theme of ‘In Plain Sight’. - gov.uk/government/top…

Through our Presidency of @theIHRA this year, the UK will shine a spotlight on the evils of the Holocaust and strengthen work to combat Holocaust distortion.

As we continue to come to terms with the horrors of October 7, we renew our sacred vow: never again.

On Yom HaShoah, we honour the memory of the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust – humanity’s darkest hour.

We all have a duty to tackle the scourge of antisemitism and fight Holocaust denial and distortion wherever it occurs.

Free & open media are the cornerstone of a vibrant democracy.

#HumanRightsAmbassadors call for:
✔️protection of journalists in conflict
✔️an end to malicious manipulation of media space
✔️open access to information in a year of elections around the world.

#WorldPressFreedomDay

🇬🇧supports the Media Freedom Coalition #WorldPressFreedomDay statement celebrating the crucial role played by journalists & media workers globally, despite the unprecedented range of threats and challenges to their work #defendmediafreedom

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According to the CPJ Committee to Protect Journalists, at least 97 journalists and media workers have been killed in the war between Israel and Hamas.

On #WorldPressFreedomDay , we call for all journalists and media workers to be protected, in line with international law.

The UK is encouraged by the momentum to a sustainable and long-term peace in #Yemen through the UN-led Roadmap 🇺🇳

But it is vital that reports of torture, sexual violence, arbitrary detention and trafficking are addressed.

#UPR46 🇬🇧 Statement

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UK’s 🇬🇧 Human Rights Global Ambassador Rita French 🇬🇧 and Special Envoy for Gender Equality Alicia Herbert OBE visited Human Rights Morocco 🇲🇦 to understand their operations, approach and priorities in Morocco.

The UK has issued a joint statement with the US following civilian massacres and media suspensions in Burkina Faso:
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Amendments to Iraq’s Anti - Prostitution Law which criminalises LGBT people are dangerous and worrying. No one should be targeted for who they are. We encourage the Government of Iraq to uphold human rights and freedoms of all people without distinction.

Shocking how human rights situation in 🇦🇫 has deteriorated.

UK 🇬🇧 recommends #Afghanistan

⚫️Lift education restrictions for women & girls

⚫️Cease arrest & detention of journalists

⚫️End floggings & cruel punishments. Abolish the death penalty

#UPR46

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Last week Chair of IHRA and UK Special Envoy for Post-Holocaust Issues Lord Lord (Eric) Pickles spoke at the opening of the Lety Memorial, Czechia on the site of a former Nazi concentration camp & subsequently a pig farm which has since closed and is now a memorial & learning centre

The UK’s updated Modern Slavery Statement Registry encourages UK companies to help tackle this barbaric crime. Statements reduce the risk of forced labour in UK supply chains by increasing transparency. gov.uk/government/new…

The UK welcomes the publication of the OSCE Moscow Mechanism report - it sheds further light on the horrific conduct of Russian forces in Ukraine, including widespread torture and sexual violence against illegally detained Ukrainians.
Their actions are utterly unacceptable.

The UK strongly condemns the death sentence of prominent and fearless artist Toomaj Salehi. Iran’s deliberate attempts to silence dissenting voices are clear for all to see.

We call for his immediate release, and that of all who are unjustly detained.

In Episode 2 of our #RememberingTogether podcast, Deputy Ambassador Keith Allan spoke to author Esther Shaya and Alexander Stukenberg from Stichting Stolpersteine about the history and impact of the Holocaust in Amsterdam.
 
Listen to Episode 2 here 👉 buzzsprout.com/215345/14918332

Join the webinar for Survivor Networks and Civil Society Organisations to learn about Alliance 8.7 and the 🇬🇧's support to include survivors in the Pathfinder Country roadmap process. The 🇬🇧 is committed to working with partners to empower and support survivors of modern slavery.

Understanding how the Geneva Conventions regulate images of prisoners of war is increasingly important in our age of social media. Lucinda Stallard from UK Mission Geneva 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 spoke at #6thCWConference 🇿🇦 on the IHL prohibition against public curiosity to explain more.