Armed Conflict: Sexual Offences

(asked on 2nd June 2026) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the implications of the United Nations Secretary-General's report Conflict-related Sexual Violence, published on 21 April, including the decision to list Israeli security forces, for the conduct of United Kingdom foreign policy towards Israel and Palestine.


Answered by
Baroness Chapman of Darlington Portrait
Baroness Chapman of Darlington
Minister of State (Development)
This question was answered on 15th June 2026

The report of the UN Secretary-General on Conflict-Related Sexual Violence has not yet been formally published. We do not comment on reports ahead of publication. The UK condemns conflict related sexual violence wherever it occurs. We actively support the work of the UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict and will continue engaging with international partners to ensure perpetrators are held to account and survivors receive justice and support. We remain steadfast in our commitment to strengthening accountability mechanisms for these crimes. With UK support, survivor reparations laws have been passed in Iraq, Colombia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and Ukraine, alongside several landmark prosecutions and convictions in national courts in Guinea, Kenya, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We continue to call for all reports of abuses by all parties to be fully and thoroughly investigated by the relevant authorities.

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