To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the UK’s duties under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide to prevent and punish the crime of genocide; and what steps they take to ensure that the UK meets those duties.
Answered on
15 October 2018
As a party to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, the UK is fully committed to the prevention and punishment of genocide as appropriate under the Convention. This is reflected in the British Government's support for the remit of the International Criminal Court under the Rome Statute. The British Government has also supported the establishment of evidence gathering mechanisms and fact finding missions such as the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism for Syria, the Burma collect and preserve mechanism, and the Daesh Investigative Team.