Written Evidence Dec. 18 2023
Inquiry: The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North AfricaFound: MENA0048 - The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa Amnesty International UK Written
Mentions:
1: Anum Qaisar (SNP - Airdrie and Shotts) gathered and used to form cases at the International Criminal Court, to hold those responsible accountable.There - Speech Link
2: Claudia Webbe (Ind - Leicester East) a petition asking the International Criminal Court to investigate and prosecute war crimes by Israel - Speech Link
3: Wayne David (Lab - Caerphilly) to make sure that the International Criminal Court is able to look into the conduct of this conflict - Speech Link
Asked by: Dan Carden (Labour - Liverpool, Walton)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what diplomatic steps he is taking to help ensure collaboration of relevant parties with the (a) the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel and (b) Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on the investigation opened in March 2021.
Answered by David Rutley - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The UK is a strong supporter of international justice and respects the independence of the International Criminal Court. However, the UK has been clear that we oppose the open-ended nature of the Commission of Inquiry on the situation in Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza and its vaguely defined mandate. We have also been clear that the UK supports justified and proportionate scrutiny of the situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories at the Human Rights Council. The British Government has consistently called for all parties to meet their responsibilities under International Humanitarian Law.
Mentions:
1: Yousaf, Humza (SNP - Glasgow Pollok) Criminal Court investigating reports of any breaches of international law. - Speech Link
2: Sarwar, Anas (Lab - Glasgow) to a two-state solution with an end to illegal occupation.Our amendment calls on the International Criminal - Speech Link
3: McNeill, Pauline (Lab - Glasgow) Criminal Court, but absolutely nothing can justify the response by Israel: the deliberate targeting of - Speech Link
4: Gulhane, Sandesh (Con - Glasgow) caught up in the violent chaos engulfing Israel and the Palestinian territories. - Speech Link
Nov. 17 2023
Source Page: FOI responses published by MOD: week commencing 13 November 2023Found: staff in national, coalition and Allied environments on domestic and international humanitarian law
Mentions:
1: Earl of Minto (Con - Excepted Hereditary) and we have committed £30 million in additional aid to the Occupied Palestinian Territories, more than - Speech Link
2: Baroness Helic (Con - Life peer) Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan KC recently wrote that“if there is a doubt that a civilian object - Speech Link
3: Lord Leigh of Hurley (Con - Life peer) As such, I talk to residents of East Jerusalem, and many there want to be part of the Israeli state. - Speech Link
4: Lord Campbell-Savours (Lab - Life peer) At that time, Jerusalem was divided, with the east in Jordan and the west in Israel. - Speech Link
5: Lord Collins of Highbury (Lab - Life peer) supports the independence of the International Criminal Court and recognises its jurisdiction to address - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Yvette Cooper (Lab - Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford) Criminal Court to address the conduct of all parties in the conflict. - Speech Link
2: Naz Shah (Lab - Bradford West) the Palestinians is vetoed by the US and UK at the International Criminal Court, the world asks whether - Speech Link
3: Afzal Khan (Lab - Manchester, Gorton) Palestine and seen the discrimination and suffering of Palestinians in the west bank and occupied territories - Speech Link
4: Claudia Webbe (Ind - Leicester East) occupied by Israeli forces, trapping hundreds of medics, patients and civilians inside without access - Speech Link
5: Chris Philp (Con - Croydon South) Crown court receipts up by 171%. - Speech Link
Oral Evidence Nov. 14 2023
Committee: International Development Committee (Department: Department for International Development)Found: Human Rights Watch, and Medical Aid for Palestinians Oral Evidence
Oral Evidence Nov. 14 2023
Committee: International Development Committee (Department: Department for International Development)Found: United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), and Norwegian
Mentions:
1: Clive Betts (Lab - Sheffield South East) Yes, the court system needs to be reformed, and we ought to have a dedicated housing court, but the cost - Speech Link
2: Jack Brereton (Con - Stoke-on-Trent South) I therefore welcome the Criminal Justice Bill, the Victims and Prisoners Bill and the terrorism Bill - Speech Link
3: Clive Lewis (Lab - Norwich South) British overseas territories for tax avoidance purposes.Unless we in this country are prepared to tax - Speech Link
4: Tahir Ali (Lab - Birmingham, Hall Green) families and businesses have been forced out of East Jerusalem, and the blockade of Gaza has continued - Speech Link
5: Sam Tarry (Lab - Ilford South) The English Housing Survey says that almost a quarter of occupied private rented properties, amounting - Speech Link