Seuxal Offences: Ukraine

(asked on 7th March 2022) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of (a) supplying sexual assault forensic evidence kits to the Government of Ukraine, and (b) paying for the processing of those kits to take place in the UK, so as to enable the international prosecution of commanders and service personnel who commit rape as a war crime during the conflict in Ukraine.


Answered by
James Cleverly Portrait
James Cleverly
Home Secretary
This question was answered on 10th March 2022

Russia's use of indiscriminate force against innocent civilians, in its illegal and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, must be investigated and those responsible must be held to account. That is why the UK led efforts to bring together allies on 2 March to expedite an International Criminal Court (ICC) investigation into Russian war crimes in Ukraine. With 37 countries joining the UK, it is the largest referral in the history of the ICC. As a founder member of the ICC, the UK is willing to provide the necessary technical assistance to support successful convictions.

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