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Human Rights Day 2016

EDM number 763 in 2016-17, proposed by Margaret Ferrier on 02/12/2016.
Categorised under the topic of Human rights.

That this house notes that the world celebrates Human Rights Day 2016 on 10 December; further notes that this is a day to commemorate the UN General Assembly adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948; highlights that human rights are abused by repressive regimes across the world, whereby certain governments restrict freedom of speech and expression, continue to hold unfair trials and systematically persecute religious minorities and LGBTI+ communities, among other incredibly serious violations; commits to working cross-party to uphold human rights in the UK and globally; and calls on the Government to work constructively with other nation states to promote the universality of human rights.

This motion has been signed by a total of 28 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Margaret Ferrier02/12/2016Rutherglen and Hamilton WestScottish National PartyProposed
Deidre Brock02/12/2016Edinburgh North and LeithScottish National PartySeconded
Peter Bottomley02/12/2016Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Stewart McDonald05/12/2016Glasgow SouthScottish National PartySeconded
Ann Clwyd05/12/2016Cynon ValleyLabourSeconded
Brendan O'Hara05/12/2016Argyll and ButeScottish National PartySeconded
Anne McLaughlin05/12/2016Glasgow North EastScottish National PartySigned
Martyn Day05/12/2016Linlithgow and East FalkirkScottish National PartySigned
Mark Durkan05/12/2016FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Alan Meale06/12/2016MansfieldLabourSigned
Jim Cunningham06/12/2016Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Margaret Ritchie06/12/2016South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Liz Saville Roberts06/12/2016Dwyfor MeirionnyddPlaid CymruSigned
Paul Monaghan06/12/2016Caithness, Sutherland and Easter RossScottish National PartySigned
Jim Shannon06/12/2016StrangfordDUPSigned
Natalie McGarry06/12/2016Glasgow EastScottish National PartySigned
Michael Weir07/12/2016AngusScottish National PartySigned
Alasdair McDonnell07/12/2016Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Chris Law08/12/2016Dundee WestScottish National PartySigned
Chris Stephens08/12/2016Glasgow South WestScottish National PartySigned
Alex Salmond16/12/2016Signed
Alan Brown19/12/2016Kilmarnock and LoudounScottish National PartySigned
Drew Hendry19/12/2016Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and StrathspeyScottish National PartySigned
John Nicolson19/12/2016East DunbartonshireScottish National PartySigned
Hannah Bardell20/12/2016LivingstonScottish National PartySigned
Joanna Cherry09/01/2017Edinburgh South WestScottish National PartySigned
Owen Thompson09/01/2017MidlothianScottish National PartySigned
Stephen Gethins02/03/2017North East FifeScottish National PartySigned

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