Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to help bring the former Gambian president, Yahya Jammeh, to trial at the International Criminal Court for human rights abuses.

President Barrow has committed his government to a transitional justice plan with a truth commission at its core. It is the UK's view that there needs to be a thorough investigation into the allegations against former President Jammeh and his administration. Evidence needs to be gathered before a decision is taken on possible prosecution, domestic or otherwise, and that this is a decision for The Gambian Government to make. The Gambian Attorney General asked for UK support to fund a Special Adviser which we have agreed to do for a 3 year period.