Information between 16th March 2024 - 15th April 2024
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Wednesday 17th April 2024 Lord Alton of Liverpool (Crossbench - Life peer) Oral questions - Main Chamber Subject: Creating an ad hoc international tribunal, and repurposing Russian assets, in response to Russian war crimes in Ukraine View calendar |
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Israel and Gaza
107 speeches (10,951 words) Tuesday 26th March 2024 - Commons Chamber Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Mentions: 1: Chris Law (SNP - Dundee West) crimes and genocide. - Link to Speech 2: Emma Hardy (Lab - Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle) crimes by the ICC, such as by the deliberate withholding of food and aid to another country? - Link to Speech 3: John McDonnell (Lab - Hayes and Harlington) Any Government that supply arms to that regime therefore can be equally accused of war crimes, and any - Link to Speech |
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Genocide (Prevention and Response) Bill [HL]
27 speeches (11,628 words) 2nd reading Friday 22nd March 2024 - Lords Chamber Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Mentions: 1: Baroness Kennedy of Shaws (Lab - Life peer) Instances of mass atrocity violence—war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide and ethnic cleansing—are - Link to Speech 2: Lord Alton of Liverpool (XB - Life peer) It is different from war crimes and crimes against humanity. - Link to Speech 3: Lord Collins of Highbury (Lab - Life peer) positive record of contributing to international efforts to gather evidence of alleged genocide and war - Link to Speech |
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Scrutiny of Secretaries of State in the House of Lords
23 speeches (7,310 words) Wednesday 20th March 2024 - Commons Chamber Cabinet Office Mentions: 1: Rachael Maskell (LAB - York Central) Given the lack of accountability in the system when there could be war crimes being committed—not least - Link to Speech |
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Sri Lanka: Human Rights
24 speeches (8,697 words) Wednesday 20th March 2024 - Westminster Hall Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Mentions: 1: Elliot Colburn (Con - Carshalton and Wallington) The Government’s continued denial of war crimes, crimes against humanity and even genocide fuels anger - Link to Speech 2: Elliot Colburn (Con - Carshalton and Wallington) crimes, to recent human rights violations, corruption and abuse of power, the path to justice remains - Link to Speech |
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Israel and Gaza
127 speeches (12,650 words) Tuesday 19th March 2024 - Commons Chamber Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Mentions: 1: Deidre Brock (SNP - Edinburgh North and Leith) humanitarian law, is being passed on to the International Criminal Court for its investigation into war - Link to Speech |
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Points of Order
21 speeches (2,641 words) Tuesday 19th March 2024 - Commons Chamber Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Mentions: 1: John McDonnell (Lab - Hayes and Harlington) have been judged to be contrary to the International Court of Justice judgment and are potentially war - Link to Speech 2: John McDonnell (Lab - Hayes and Harlington) we all know our legal responsibilities in respect of the potential complicity of this Government in war - Link to Speech |
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Nagorno-Karabakh: Armenian Refugees
43 speeches (13,307 words) Tuesday 19th March 2024 - Westminster Hall Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Mentions: 1: Leo Docherty (Con - Aldershot) Members asked about prisoners of war and war crimes. - Link to Speech |
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Tuesday 26th March 2024
Oral Evidence - Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy, Think-Tank for Action on Social Change, and Heritage Foundation The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa - Foreign Affairs Committee Found: reports by Bellingcat, who are very good at identifying Russian actors within Syria and some of the war |
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Tuesday 26th March 2024
Oral Evidence - Middle East Program, CSIS, RUSI, Jonathan Wilks, and The University of Exeter The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa - Foreign Affairs Committee Found: reports by Bellingcat, who are very good at identifying Russian actors within Syria and some of the war |
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Tuesday 26th March 2024
Oral Evidence - Home Office, Home Office, and Border Force Electronic border management systems - Justice and Home Affairs Committee Found: “Have you ever been involved in, or suspected of being involved in, war crimes, terrorism or having |
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Tuesday 19th March 2024
Written Evidence - Kingsley Napley LLP EBM0004 - Electronic border management systems Electronic border management systems - Justice and Home Affairs Committee Found: helpful to receive confirmation of this from the Government and a committed to this extent. (4) War |
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Human rights in Sri Lanka - CDP-2024-0066
Mar. 19 2024 Found: Asked by: Anne McLaughlin Many prominent Sri Lankans were credibly accused of war crimes a gainst |
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Genocide (Prevention and Response) Bill [HL]: HL Bill 13 of 2023–24 - LLN-2024-0015
Mar. 18 2024 Found: 3 conduct regarding security council action against genocide, crimes against humanity and war |
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Mar. 25 2024
HL Bill 57 (as amended in Committee) Victims and Prisoners Bill 2022-23 Bill Found: 51 or 52 of the International Criminal Court Act 2001 (genocide, crimes against humanity, war |
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Mar. 18 2024
Genocide (Prevention and Response) Bill [HL]: HL Bill 13 Genocide (Prevention and Response) Bill [HL] 2023-24 Briefing papers Found: 3 conduct regarding security council action against genocide, crimes against humanity and war |
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Friday 22nd March 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Source Page: 25th Anniversary of the NATO Response to the Humanitarian Crisis in Kosovo: UK statement to the OSCE, March 2024 Document: 25th Anniversary of the NATO Response to the Humanitarian Crisis in Kosovo: UK statement to the OSCE, March 2024 (webpage) Found: their 2018 Joint Declarations to cooperate on Good Neighbourly Relations, Missing Persons and tackling War |
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Tuesday 19th March 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Source Page: UN Human Rights Council 55: Statement on the Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine Document: UN Human Rights Council 55: Statement on the Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine (webpage) Found: Commissioners, As you have concluded, several of these atrocities amount to war crimes and some may |
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Tuesday 19th March 2024
Ministry of Justice Source Page: Criminal Justice System statistics quarterly: June 2023 Document: A Technical Guide to Criminal Justice Statistics (PDF) Found: It also made changes to: • Retrospective application of genocide, crimes a gainst humanity and war |