Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of offering Ukrainian authorities support and provision for (a) specialist medical services for victims of sexual violence during the war in Ukraine and (b) a dedicated specialist prosecution service to ensure justice for victims of sexual violence used as a weapon during the war in Ukraine.

The UK is supporting survivors through our humanitarian funding. We have worked with partners to refer the situation in Ukraine to the International Criminal Court and to establish a Commission of Inquiry through the UN Human Rights Council. The UK is funding the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, to gather evidence of human rights violations and abuses. We are deploying specialist UK expertise to strengthen the response to sexual violence in Ukraine. On 13 April at the UN Security Council, Lord Ahmad launched the Murad Code, which sets out how those collecting evidence of conflict-related sexual violence can respect survivors' rights and ensure investigations are safer, more ethical, and more effective.