Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support the Government is providing to organisations that are collecting evidence to support a referral of Myanmar military leaders to the International Criminal Court for their treatment of the Rohingya people.

The UK supports the collection of evidence and testimony under way in Cox's Bazaar, Bangladesh. The UK is providing support to build the capacity of the Bangladesh National Human Rights Commission to investigate and document sexual violence cases. Such evidence and testimony can contribute to the historical record and could support future prosecutions. We welcome the UN Special Rapporteur Yanghee Lee's recommendations in her March report. In line with these recommendations, the Government is considering how to support better co-ordination between organisations collecting evidence in Bangladesh.