International Humanitarian Law

(asked on 30th June 2026) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government will publish an organisational chart, business case, or other assessment setting out how the functions of the former International Humanitarian Law Unit are now carried out within the Department.


Answered by
Chris Elmore Portrait
Chris Elmore
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
This question was answered on 7th July 2026

As I explained in the answer of 29 April to Questions 129692-95, the media stories on which these questions are based were misleading, and as I reiterated in the House on 1 July, our function in this important area remains and the unit has not closed.

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