Sudan and South Sudan: EUC Report The EU: Sudan and South Sudan-follow-up report Motion to Take Note 17 Oct 2012 : Column GC568 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxi4R3uP9bo&feature=youtu.be 7.20 pm Lord Alton of Liverpool: My Lords, I welcome the noble Baroness,...
North Korea Case Reports and Human Rights Violation: From Documentation to Advocacy – why human rights in North Korea are key.
Kim Dae Jung Library - his prison uniform https://www.davidalton.net/media/Click on this link for the power point presentation which accompanies this talk. : David Alton (Professor Lord Alton of Liverpool) Seoul, September 2012. In setting the scene and in...
Why Britain Needs The Sharp Compassion of the Healer’s Art Maranatha Lecture October 3rd 2012. Manchester.
https://www.davidalton.net/media/ Click on this link for the power pont presentation which accompanies this lecture and which is in the Media section of the web site. Click on the linkbelow for a link to the video recording of the lecture:...
Yanbian University of Science and Technology Lecture, September 2012. Turning Dreams Into Realities.
“Turning Visions Into Reality – Dream, Plan, Achieve.” Yanbian University of Science and Technology, Jilin, September 2012. Delivered on the 20th anniversary of the foundation of the university at Yanji in North East China. https://www.davidalton.net/media/ -...
Catholic Culture – an impossible dream? The role of education in shaping our attitudes and our ethics: is the dream worth fighting for?
Jesuit Institute Conference – June 13th 2012 Catholic Culture – an impossible dream? I will divide my talk which is entitled "Catholic culture and Catholic identity – is it worth fighting for? Can the battle be won?" into three parts: 1. The emergence and achievements...
The Tyburn Lecture – May 9th 2012
The Tyburn Lecture, May 9th 2012. David Alton: “What Price Faith?” The prophet Isaiah reminds us that you should never forget “the rock from which you are hewn.” And in the Book of Deuteronomy we are told to “remember the days of old; consider the generations long...
Truth, Justice, Charity, Liberty in a Globalised World – Paper given at the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, Vatican City, during a symposium in anticipation of the 5oth anniversary of the publication of Pacem in Terris
https://www.davidalton.net/2012/05/04/pacem-in-terris-and-the-tranquillity-of-order/ Truth, Justice, Charity and Liberty in the Globalised World Rome, April 2012 THE PONTIFICAL ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES Vatican City XVIII PLENARY SESSION (27 April – 1 May 2012)...
The Pain of The Suffering Church – Celebrate Conference April 2012
This link to a power point presentation accompanies this text: Celebrate 2012 Pain of the Suffering Church The Pain Of The Suffering Church Celebrate 2012: David Alton. Last month, Pope Benedict was in Revolution Square in Cuba – a country where the Church has been...
Euthanasia – the Joffe Bill – 2004
My Lords, On a Friday last June many of us gathered in your Lordships’ House for what must rank as one of the longest second reading debates in recent years, starting at 11am and not finishing until just before 7pm. This was a memorable debate with many...
Mental Capacity – 2005 Speech
January 10th 2005 Speech by Lord Alton of Liverpool on the 2nd Reading of The Mental Capacity Bill. My Lords, I support the principle of creating a statutory framework to protect those individuals who lack mental capacity. Those organisations that have been...
For 18 years David Alton was a Member of the House of Commons and today he is an Independent Crossbench Life Peer in the UK House of Lords.
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Statement by Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Enhanced Interactive Dialogue on the Democratic Republic of Congo at 55th Session of the Human Rights Council – and, separately, a warning of the danger of a new war between Congo and Rwanda
55th Session of the Human Rights Council Enhanced Interactive Dialogue on the Democratic Republic of Congo Statement by Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights 2 April 2024 Excellencies, Distinguished delegates, Decades of...
Government says it “has never ruled out sanctions designations on any individual or entity. Any document which says otherwise is inaccurate and does not correctly reflect government policy at the time or currently.”
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL3440): Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool:To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the answer by the Minister of...
UK Gov. responds to my question about the Hong Kong Watch report, “Tuition Fees for BNO Visa Holders: The Case for Home Fee Status”, and the impact of the cost of international fees on the ability of young British National (Overseas) (BNO) visa holders to attend university; and whether they will follow the Scottish Government in introducing home fees status for BNO visa holders after three years of residency in the UK. But says nothing which wasn’t already known.
Baroness Barran, the Department for Education, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL3505): Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool:To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Hong Kong Watch report, Tuition...