PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Human Rights: Colombia (16 December 2014)

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether he raised human rights issues in relation to sexual violence against women with President Juan Manuel Santos in (a) Bogotá and (b) London; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by:
Kerry McCarthy (Labour)

I discussed sexual violence against women when I met President Santos in November this year. I commended the leading role that the President had played in tackling sexual violence, including the recently announced day to commemorate Victims of Sexual Violence in Colombia. The prevention of sexual violence in conflict continues to form a core part of the British Embassy’s human rights work, and the Embassy in Bogotá is funding three related projects in 2014-15.

Answered by:
Mr Nick Clegg (Liberal Democrat)
5 January 2015