{"id":65195,"date":"2015-12-09T09:00:10","date_gmt":"2015-12-09T09:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=f48a361eb4ae41245f66e6d775b76a98"},"modified":"2015-12-09T09:00:10","modified_gmt":"2015-12-09T09:00:10","slug":"news-story-human-rights-uk-pledges-on-universal-rights-and-freedoms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=65195","title":{"rendered":"News story: Human Rights &#8211; UK pledges on universal rights and freedoms"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The UK plays a key role in the UN\u2019s work on Human Rights as a member of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC). The UK is standing for re-election to the UNHRC for 2017-19. <\/p>\n<p>Launching the re-election bid, Foreign and Commonwealth Office Minister Baroness Anelay presented five pledges outlining the UK\u2019s commitment to upholding universal freedoms and human rights: <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur pledges are grounded in UK priorities at home and abroad, and draw on a tradition of democratic and inclusive values: strengthening the protection of human rights in the UN\u2019s work; translating the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development into action, leaving no one behind; making a stand for freedom of religion or belief at a time when too many are persecuted for their beliefs; working to end violence against women and promoting their full participation and leadership in political and economic life; and promoting open societies and challenging the threats to civil society.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe stand for re-election to work with all those who stand for freedoms and uphold universal rights.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/un-human-rights-council-united-kingdom-2017-2019-candidate\/un-human-rights-council-united-kingdom-2017-2019-candidate\">Read the pledges<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FCO Minister Baroness Anelay has launched the UK\u2019s bid for re-election to the UN Human Rights Council for 2017 \u2013 2019.<\/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\/65195"}],"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=65195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65195\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=65195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=65195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=65195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}