The Letter On 16 May 2025, 310 staff of the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) wrote to the UK Foreign Secretary in a letter marked OFFICIAL SENSITIVE saying, among other things: In July 2024, staff expressed concern about … Continue reading →
On 20 May the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office announced what it calls “major sanctions” against Russia in support of Ukraine. The European Union also applied sanctions but Putin’s friend Trump did not. The UK announcement said: As President … Continue reading →
UNA-UK issued the following message on 28 February 2025. The news that the UK Government has chosen to slash aid in order to increase military spending is shocking and disappointing. Despite this government’s stated aims to stand up to support … Continue reading →
On 7 October 2023, Hamas and several other Palestinian militant groups launched armed incursions from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel, killing 1,139 people and taking about 250 people hostage. In response, the Israeli Government has killed tens of thousands … Continue reading →
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Continue reading →United Nations Association UK published the following statement on 24 April 2024. The 1951 UN Refugee Convention set out refugee rights and the obligations of states to protect them which were then extended in the 1967 Protocol. The UK is … Continue reading →
In its annual report “The State of the World’s Human Rights” published in April 2024, Amnesty International says: The UK government continued to pursue a policy agenda that breached its international human rights commitments and curtailed human rights protections. People … Continue reading →
On 15 January, The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) published updated analysis on the legality of the UK’s agreement with Rwanda for the transferring of asylum seekers. UNHCR’s updated analysis importantly finds that the new UK-Rwanda treaty signed … Continue reading →
According to the Public Law Project [1], the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill [2] disables important human rights safeguards by disapplying most of the Human Rights Act 1998 and requiring domestic judges to disregard international law and interim … Continue reading →
The Illegal Migration Bill, which has been passed by Parliament in the United Kingdom, is at variance with the country’s obligations under international human rights and refugee law and will have profound consequences for people in need of international protection, … Continue reading →