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Genocide: Prosecutions

Question for Attorney General

UIN HL6855, tabled on 16 April 2018

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many times the Crown Prosecution Service has charged individuals with the crime of genocide; and how many convictions were ultimately secured.

Answered on

30 April 2018

The Crown Prosecution Service has to date not charged any individual with the crime of genocide.

There have been a small number of prosecutions for international crimes by the CPS, including those of Anthony Sawonuik who was convicted of war crimes from World War II and Faryadi Sarwar Zardad who was convicted of torture and hostage taking as a result of offences committed in Afghanistan.

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