Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to their commitment to promote freedom of religion or belief overseas in Global Britain in a Competitive Age: the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy, published on 16 March, what plans they have to hold state actors to account for cases of torture and cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment.

The UK believes torture is an abhorrent violation of human rights and that it has a devastating impact on both individuals and societies. We work bilaterally to raise specific cases of concern as appropriate and take regular action on the international stage, including through the UN Security Council and the G7 to press countries to improve their record on human rights, including on torture and cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment. The UK proudly partners with world-leading NGOs, such as the Association for the Prevention of Torture, to support torture prevention initiatives globally.