Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's policy is on the recommendation of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to establish a fact-finding mission to (a) monitor, (b) verify and (c) report on the situation in Sudan.
The British Government strongly supports the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and is working with partners on how best to work within the Council and beyond to ensure attention to Sudan's human rights situation. We welcome the African Union's commitment to a commission of inquiry into the events of 3 June. The UK supports the use of evidence gathered by brave witnesses and victims of brutality to ensure that accountability for serious abuses, which is vital, is delivered.