Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans she has to (a) increase monitoring of human rights in Brazil and (b) include Brazil in her Department's annual report on human rights and democracy for 2022.

The UK regularly engages with the Brazilian government, civil society organisations and other partners to monitor human rights developments and respect for the rule of law in Brazil. We consider human rights issues in the development and implementation of projects supported by our Embassy in Brazil.

The FCDO's human rights work goes much wider than the priority countries highlighted in the Department's Annual Human Rights Report. There is no plan to include Brazil as a priority country in the FCDO Annual Human Rights Report for 2022.