{"id":52771,"date":"2015-01-22T10:27:00","date_gmt":"2015-01-22T10:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=17b91a6a5f700ab8ce5004b54fbba5fd"},"modified":"2015-01-22T10:27:00","modified_gmt":"2015-01-22T10:27:00","slug":"news-story-review-of-consular-assistance-following-murder-and-manslaughter-cases-overseas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=52771","title":{"rendered":"News story: Review of consular assistance following murder and manslaughter cases overseas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>In 2014, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office\u2019s Consular Assistance Department conducted a review of the support it provides to bereaved families and friends after a murder or manslaughter abroad. The aim was to identify new ways to provide support and to help ensure that what we provide is effective and consistent. Families, Members of Parliament, relevant organisations and consular staff were consulted and this report sets out the approach, findings and outcomes of this review.<\/p>\n<section class=\"attachment embedded\" id=\"attachment_885009\">\n<div class=\"attachment-thumb\">\n      <a href=\"\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/396496\/FCO_review_of_consular_assistance_following_murder_and_manslaughter_cases_overseas.pdf\" aria-describedby=\"attachment-885009-accessibility-help\" class=\"thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/396496\/thumbnail_FCO_review_of_consular_assistance_following_murder_and_manslaughter_cases_overseas.pdf.png\"><\/a>\n  <\/div>\n<div class=\"attachment-details\">\n<h2 class=\"title\"><a href=\"\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/396496\/FCO_review_of_consular_assistance_following_murder_and_manslaughter_cases_overseas.pdf\" aria-describedby=\"attachment-885009-accessibility-help\">FCO review of consular assistance following murder and manslaughter cases overseas<\/a><\/h2>\n<p class=\"metadata\">\n        <span class=\"type\"><abbr title=\"Portable Document Format\">PDF<\/abbr><\/span>, <span class=\"file-size\">241KB<\/span>, <span class=\"page-length\">8 pages<\/span>\n    <\/p>\n<div class=\"accessibility-warning js-toggle-accessibility-warning\" id=\"attachment-885009-accessibility-help\">\n<h2>This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology.<br \/>\n          <span class=\"toggler\">Request a different format.<\/span><br \/>\n        <\/h2>\n<p class=\"help-block\">\n          If you use assistive technology and need a version of this document<br \/>\nin a more accessible format, please email<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:webmaster@fco.gov.uk?body=Details%20of%20document%20required%3A%0A%0A%20%20Title%3A%20FCO%20review%20of%20consular%20assistance%20following%20murder%20and%20manslaughter%20cases%20overseas%0A%20%20Original%20format%3A%20pdf%0A%0APlease%20tell%20us%3A%0A%0A%20%201.%20What%20makes%20this%20format%20unsuitable%20for%20you%3F%0A%20%202.%20What%20format%20you%20would%20prefer%3F%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20&amp;subject=Request%20for%20%27FCO%20review%20of%20consular%20assistance%20following%20murder%20and%20manslaughter%20cases%20overseas%27%20in%20an%20alternative%20format\">webmaster@fco.gov.uk<\/a>.<br \/>\nPlease tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>Overall, the review found that many respondents praised the service provided by many of the caseworkers in London and the teams at our overseas Posts, in particular the high level of empathy that FCO Consular staff had shown.  An inquiry conducted by the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee  in 2014 also concluded that the FCO \u201cshould rightly be proud of its work\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FCO publishes results of review of consular assistance after a murder or manslaughter overseas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52771"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=52771"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52790,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52771\/revisions\/52790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}