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Commons Chamber
Humanitarian Situation in Gaza - Wed 17 Apr 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Richard Burgon (Lab - Leeds East) abetting war crimes in Gaza. - Speech Link
2: Gavin Newlands (SNP - Paisley and Renfrewshire North) and crimes against humanity and the consideration by the International Court of Justice of potential - Speech Link
3: Deidre Brock (SNP - Edinburgh North and Leith) Bombing civilians is a crime against humanity. - Speech Link
4: Andy McDonald (Lab - Middlesbrough) against humanity and has been found by the ICJ to be plausibly committing genocide against the Palestinian - Speech Link


Select Committee
Ms Emma Reilly
MUL0006 - International relations within the multilateral system

Written Evidence Apr. 16 2024

Inquiry: International relations within the multilateral system
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Found: its allies for statements denouncing the genocide against the Uyghur population.


Lords Chamber
Christians: Persecution - Mon 25 Mar 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Moylan (Con - Life peer) In Europe, 852 hate crimes were identified in 2022 by the Vienna-based Observatory on Intolerance and - Speech Link
2: Lord Alton of Liverpool (XB - Life peer) Jonathan Sacks once said:“The persecution of Christians … is one of the crimes against humanity of our - Speech Link
3: Baroness Cox (XB - Life peer) Armenia suffered genocide in the last century and is now suffering sustained Islamist Azerbaijani attacks - Speech Link


Bill Documents
25 Mar 2024 - Bill
HL Bill 57 (as amended in Committee)
Victims and Prisoners Bill 2022-23

Found: of subsection (5)(c), “violence” includes— (a) violence against property, and (b) threats of


Lords Chamber
Genocide (Prevention and Response) Bill [HL]
2nd reading - Fri 22 Mar 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Kennedy of Shaws (Lab - Life peer) response to genocide and atrocity crimes. - Speech Link
2: Lord Alton of Liverpool (XB - Life peer) It is different from war crimes and crimes against humanity. - Speech Link
3: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) The OHCHR’s assessment found possible crimes against humanity. We should take robust action. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Sri Lanka: Human Rights - Wed 20 Mar 2024
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 - Speech Link


Departmental Publication (Statistics)
Ministry of Justice

Mar. 19 2024

Source Page: Criminal Justice System statistics quarterly: June 2023
Document: A Technical Guide to Criminal Justice Statistics (PDF)

Found: If crimes aren't reported, offenders can't be brought to justice.


Parliamentary Research
Human rights in Sri Lanka - CDP-2024-0066
Mar. 19 2024

Found: and crimes against humanity during the final phase of the civil war .


Westminster Hall
Nagorno-Karabakh: Armenian Refugees - Tue 19 Mar 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Rupa Huq (Lab - Ealing Central and Acton) ethnically motivated crimes against Armenians.The figures are grim, with 10 months of illegal blockading - Speech Link
2: David Duguid (Con - Banff and Buchan) Azerbaijan, recognising the actions against Azerbaijani civilians as a crime against humanity and condemning - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) , and that is how it works.As the conflict continues, the religious rights and actions for and against - Speech Link
4: Leo Docherty (Con - Aldershot) Members asked about prisoners of war and war crimes. - Speech Link


Parliamentary Research
Genocide (Prevention and Response) Bill [HL]: HL Bill 13 of 2023–24 - LLN-2024-0015
Mar. 18 2024

Found: Genocide (Prevention and Response) Bill [HL]: HL Bill 13 of 2023–24