Question follow-through · 58160
Mexico: Human Rights
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps his Department is taking to help support at-risk human rights defenders in (a) Mexico and (b) the El Bajío community in Sonora.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 9 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 13 Jun 2025 · 4 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps his Department is taking to help support at-risk human rights defenders in (a) Mexico and (b) the El Bajío community in Sonora.
11 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Jun 2025
Answer published
The UK recognises the essential role that civil society and human rights defenders play in promoting and protecting human rights, democracy, and the rule of law. Our Embassy in Mexico monitors the human rights situation in Mexico closely and maintains clo...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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