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Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Human Rights Policy Department (HR Prefix Series)
Catalogue reference: FCO 192
What's it about?
FCO 192
This series contains records relating to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's (FCO) policy on human rights, including collaboration with other UK Government departments and international organisations such as the United Nations, Council of...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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FCO 192
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Human Rights Policy Department (HR Prefix Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1993-1995
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records relating to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's (FCO) policy on human rights, including collaboration with other UK Government departments and international organisations such as the United Nations, Council of Europe and Council for Security Coordination in Europe.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The records are arranged into two sequences. The first is prefixed HRE and covers European human rights, the second is prefixed HRU and covers liaison with the United Nations on Human Rights.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For records relating to FCO's Policy on Human Rights which was previously within the remit of the United Nations Department until 1993 see FCO 58
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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HR
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1968-1968
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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337 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2024 Foreign and Commonwealth Office
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Human Rights Policy Department was established within the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1993. The department liaised with other organisations on human rights, coordinated Government policy on human rights, ensured consistency of application across FCO departments, liaised with other Government departments (ensuring domestic policy took account of international human rights obligations), and supervised the British Overseas Territories under international treaty obligations. Previously responsibility for the FCO's policy on human rights had been with the United Nations Department.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C17848488/
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Human Rights Policy Department (HR Prefix Series)
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