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皇冠体育app 10th December is World Human Rights Day. 皇冠体育app UK is a passionate, committed and effective defender of human rights. 皇冠体育app UK鈥檚 commitments at home and abroad are: the protection of those most vulnerable in society, responding to global challenges, working towards a future of dignity for all, and keeping human rights at the core of UN work. 皇冠体育app UK鈥檚 priorities include: democracy and the rule of law, preventing torture, abolishing the death penalty, supporting people鈥檚 freedom of expression, equality and non-discrimination and business and human rights.

As Human Rights should be for everyone, regardless of gender the UK has placed women and girls at the heart of our international development work through the delivery of our 鈥淪trategic Vision for Girls and Women鈥�. 皇冠体育app UK currently provides 拢13.25 million to the UN body in supporting all women rights works and pledge to work internationally to increase the number of women in decision making positions, delay first pregnancy, reduce the level of maternal mortality and increase women鈥檚 economic well-being and access to justice.

Last year the UK Government launched the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative, through which the UK intends to strengthen international efforts and co-ordination on this issue in conflict and post-conflict situations. 皇冠体育app move received worldwide recognition including the Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie, who was jointly with British Foreign Secretary William Hague for a campaign earlier this year to stop sexual violence being used as a tool of war. 皇冠体育app UK will host a London Summit on Ending Sexual Violence in Conflict in June 2014. 皇冠体育app Foreign Secretary will use the Summit and the global momentum on the issue, to ask all countries to ensure the implementation of the International Protocol. This will be one of many practical steps that can be taken to help ensure that sexual violence is no longer a feature of conflict in the 21st century.

皇冠体育app UK supports Taiwan鈥檚 development of human rights and is looking for more collaboration with local partners to share best practice and learn from their experience. In October, together with our EU colleagues, British Trade & Cultural Office invited several European legal experts to share their experience with Taiwan over issues including sentencing standards and victim family鈥檚 protection. In late November, the Judicial Yuan made an announcement to formally launch the 鈥渟entences information system鈥�, which is aimed to reduce variations in sentencing and to improve human rights standards among Taiwan鈥檚 judicial system.

Chris Wood, Director of the British Trade and Cultural Office, said that: 鈥渢he people of Taiwan have demonstrated their commitment to move towards a society governed by human rights and the rule of law. To mark World Human Rights day, I would like to congratulate Taiwan鈥檚 new initiatives such as 鈥淭aiwan Girls Day鈥� to promote gender equality and improving human rights in Taiwan鈥檚 judicial system. We are delighted to see such developments and hope to continue to share our experiences and to work with local partners to promote human rights education and training in all aspects.鈥�

Further information

• Last month the UK was successfully re-elected for membership of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) for the term January 2014 鈥� December 2016. 皇冠体育app UK was one of only two western European countries since 2006 (the other was France) to be elected for a third time as the member of the HRC.

• 皇冠体育app HRC is an inter-governmental body within the United Nations system made up of 47 States responsible for the promotion and protection of all human rights around the globe. 皇冠体育app UK makes a significant financial contribution to the UN鈥檚 human rights efforts and have committed to contributing 0.7% of our GDP to international development assistance.

• In order to promote gender equality, Taiwan鈥檚 Executive Yuan took an initiative to promote girls鈥� rights in March this year. 皇冠体育app move was aimed to tackle gender inequality on four major fronts 鈥� physical and psychological wellbeing, education and human capital investment, security and protection and culture and traditions. 皇冠体育app Ministry of Health and Welfare also took further step to officially set the day of 11th October (the International Day of the Girl Child declared by the UN in 2011) to be 鈥淭aiwan Girls Day鈥�.