Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to strengthen his Department’s work on atrocity prevention; and if he will include engagement with political transition processes using an atrocity prevention lens framework within that work.

The UK is committed to preventing and responding to atrocities globally. Since launching in September 2022, FCDO's Mass Atrocity Prevention Hub has been working with international and NGO partners to incorporate best practice, build capacity, and embed atrocity prevention in FCDO. The Hub is producing guidance on the range of diplomatic, development, economic and security interventions to help prevent atrocities, strengthening FCDO's atrocity prevention training offer, and integrating atrocity risk analysis into global horizon scanning and early warning capabilities. The Hub is working to ensure that an atrocity prevention lens is applied across FCDO's work where relevant.