To ask Her Majesty's Government on what grounds they decided to take no action against Sudan following Amnesty International’s report of the use of chemical weapons in Jebel Marra.
Answered on
2 May 2018
The British Government, alongside other states, encouraged the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to look into the serious allegations made by Amnesty International in October 2016. The OPCW asked the Government of Sudan, as a State Party to the Chemical Weapons Convention, to share all relevant information and offered its assistance in any investigation. The Sudanese authorities reported to the OPCW that their national investigations found no evidence of chemical weapon use in the Jebel Marra region. We had discussions with Amnesty representatives following their report and encouraged them to engage with the OPCW directly.