Asked by: Dan Carden (Labour - Liverpool, Walton)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what diplomatic steps he is taking to help ensure collaboration of relevant parties with the (a) the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel and (b) Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on the investigation opened in March 2021.
Answered by David Rutley - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The UK is a strong supporter of international justice and respects the independence of the International Criminal Court. However, the UK has been clear that we oppose the open-ended nature of the Commission of Inquiry on the situation in Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza and its vaguely defined mandate. We have also been clear that the UK supports justified and proportionate scrutiny of the situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories at the Human Rights Council. The British Government has consistently called for all parties to meet their responsibilities under International Humanitarian Law.
Mentions:
1: Lord Warner (XB - Life peer) law in Gaza and the Occupied Territories. - Speech Link
2: None the Occupied Palestinian Territories. - Speech Link
3: Lord Oates (LD - Life peer) the Occupied Palestinian Territories. - Speech Link
4: None the Occupied Palestinian Territories. - Speech Link
5: Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Con - Life peer) the Occupied Palestinian Territories. - Speech Link
6: None the Occupied Palestinian Territories. - Speech Link
7: None the Occupied Palestinian Territories. - Speech Link
8: Lord Warner (XB - Life peer) the Occupied Palestinian Territories. - Speech Link
9: Lord Hannay of Chiswick (XB - Life peer) Territories, which certainly include the West Bank, east Jerusalem and the Golan Heights. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Con - Life peer) territories, including Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories and occupied Golan Heights.Another - Speech Link
2: Baroness Blackstone (Lab - Life peer) the Occupied Territories. - Speech Link
3: Lord Grocott (Lab - Life peer) the Occupied Territories. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Noakes (Con - Life peer) the Occupied Territories. - Speech Link
5: Baroness Blackstone (Lab - Life peer) the Occupied Territories. - Speech Link
6: Lord Oates (LD - Life peer) the Occupied Territories. - Speech Link
7: Lord Hendy (Lab - Life peer) the Occupied Territories. - Speech Link
8: Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD - Life peer) the Occupied Territories. - Speech Link
9: Lord Stevens of Birmingham (XB - Life peer) the Occupied Territories. - Speech Link
10: Baroness Janke (LD - Life peer) the Occupied Territories. - Speech Link
11: Baroness Kennedy of Shaws (Lab - Life peer) the Occupied Territories. - Speech Link
12: Lord Hannay of Chiswick (XB - Life peer) over the Golan Heights and east Jerusalem has no basis in international law? - Speech Link
13: Baroness Lister of Burtersett (Lab - Life peer) the Occupied Territories. - Speech Link
14: Lord Shipley (LD - Life peer) the Occupied Territories. - Speech Link
15: Baroness Warsi (Con - Life peer) of them secure, viable as territories and sharing Jerusalem as their capital. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Richard Fuller (Con - North East Bedfordshire) UK foreign policy is clear that illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied territories are against international - Speech Link
2: Angela Rayner (Lab - Ashton-under-Lyne) the UK Government’s long-established diplomatic position on the Occupied Palestinian Territories and - Speech Link
3: Kit Malthouse (Con - North West Hampshire) its conflation with the occupied territories and the Golan Heights. - Speech Link
4: Chris Stephens (SNP - Glasgow South West) Equating Israel and the occupied territories is unique in any legislation, let alone in a statement, - Speech Link
5: Andy Slaughter (Lab - Hammersmith) It does not distinguish between Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories. - Speech Link
Written Evidence Dec. 18 2023
Inquiry: The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North AfricaFound: MENA0048 - The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa Amnesty International UK Written
Written Evidence Dec. 18 2023
Inquiry: The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North AfricaFound: MENA0046 - The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa Balfour Project Charity Written
Mentions:
1: Lisa Nandy (Lab - Wigan) have so far declined to say that the provisional measures of the International Court of Justice should - Speech Link
2: Catherine West (Lab - Hornsey and Wood Green) As Ramadan begins and Passover and Easter approach, it is vital that all places of worship in Jerusalem - Speech Link
3: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) The Prime Minister and the International Court of Justice have called for their immediate release. - Speech Link
4: Debbie Abrahams (Lab - Oldham East and Saddleworth) at the Nasser Hospital last month needs to be investigated by the International Criminal Court—yes or - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) Palestinian Territories this financial year. - Speech Link
2: Brendan O'Hara (SNP - Argyll and Bute) in which, at the weekend, according to the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem,“a sniper of the IDF murdered - Speech Link
3: Alistair Carmichael (LD - Orkney and Shetland) become a state party to the International Criminal Court? - Speech Link
4: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) Gentleman will know that Britain is a signatory to the International Criminal Court because we think - Speech Link
5: Andy Slaughter (Lab - Hammersmith) recreate the Nakba in the occupied territories. - Speech Link
Written Evidence Dec. 18 2023
Inquiry: The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North AfricaFound: MENA0033 - The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa International Centre of Justice
Mentions:
1: Chris Stephens (SNP - Glasgow South West) For example, they will be aware that the International Criminal Court has opened an investigation into - Speech Link
2: None the Occupied Palestinian Territories. - Speech Link
3: None the Occupied Palestinian Territories. - Speech Link
4: Felicity Buchan (CON - Kensington) the Occupied Palestinian Territories. - Speech Link
5: Steve McCabe (LAB - Birmingham, Selly Oak) that my colleagues have referred to the International Criminal Court. - Speech Link
6: None Criminal Court Act 2001.” - Speech Link
7: Chris Stephens (SNP - Glasgow South West) Criminal Court Act 2001.” - Speech Link
8: None Criminal Court Act 2001.” - Speech Link