1st reading
Thursday 4th June 2026

(1 week, 1 day ago)

Lords Chamber
Genocide Determination Bill [HL] 2026-27 View all Genocide Determination Bill [HL] 2026-27 Debates Read Hansard Text
First Reading
11:52
A Bill to provide for the High Court in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and the Court of Session in Scotland to make preliminary determinations of genocide or the serious risk of genocide under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide; for the referral of such determinations to relevant international courts or organisations; for response to reports on genocide; and for connected purposes.
The Bill was introduced by Lord Alton of Liverpool, read a first time and ordered to be printed.