Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether it remains their policy that the determination of genocide is a matter for international judicial systems.

Genocide is an international crime with a strict legal meaning. It is the policy of the UK Government that any judgment on whether genocide has occurred is a matter for competent courts, rather than for governments or other nonjudicial bodies. Competent courts include international courts, such as the International Criminal Court and the International Court of Justice, and national criminal courts that meet international standards of due process.