Islamic State: Genocide

(asked on 20th December 2016) - View Source

Question to the Attorney General:

To ask the Attorney General, for what reasons no reference was made in the Government's proposals for the prosecution of ISIS made at the UN on 15 December 2016 to genocide committed against Christians whereas specific reference was made to other minority groups; and if he will make a statement.


Answered by
Jeremy Wright Portrait
Jeremy Wright
Shadow Attorney General
This question was answered on 9th January 2017

The campaign to bring Daesh to justice is about achieving justice for all of Daesh’s victims, in Iraq, Syria and across the world. This has been the case from the outset of the campaign and is what I said to the UN when I spoke on 15 December 2016.

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