Sri Lanka and Maldives are priorities for human rights for the UK, Deputy High Commissioner to Sri Lanka and the Maldives Laura Davies says.
In a blog posting she said”For different reasons, Sri Lanka and Maldives are priorities for human rights for the UK. That gives the High Commission access to the Magna Carta Fund, a strategic programme fund dedicated to tackling the root causes of human rights violations overseas. Successful projects will uphold democratic values and the rule of law, support an effective rules-based international order and promote a more stable world by upholding universal rights in tackling conflict and extremism.
We gathered all these potential partners together to increase our and their ability to bid successfully into the Fund, supporting our work with the Government of Sri Lanka to address long-standing human rights issues here,
...Democracy is of course an essential building block for a secure and prosperous society. Regular readers may remember that last year, the British High Commission in Colombo spent almost 750 million Sri Lankan rupees (around £350,000) enabling more informed and additional observation, and better and more widespread voter education for Sri Lanka’s Presidential and General elections.”
