Asked by: Baroness Kennedy of Shaws (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the report by the Yazidi Justice Committee State Responsibility and the Genocide of the Yazidis, published on 6 July, what plans they have to use dispute resolution mechanisms such as the International Court of Justice to ensure that (1) Syria, (2) Iraq, and (3) Turkey, adhere to their responsibilities under the Genocide Convention.
Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
We note the findings from the Yazidi Justice Committee report. The UK is supporting the Government of Iraq to take the necessary actions to secure justice for the Yazidi people and many other victims of Daesh's crimes. We regularly emphasise the need for dialogue and cooperation between Turkey and Iraq, including the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, to combat terrorism, ensure regional security, and protect civilians including religious and ethnic minorities.
We will continue to use our position at the UN, including as a permanent member of the UN Security Council, and our leadership of the regular Syria resolutions at the UN Human Rights Council to draw international attention to the ongoing human rights violations and abuses in Syria, to raise situations of concern and to deploy all appropriate tools available to the UN in dealing with potential mass atrocities. Our focus is always on securing an end to violence, protecting civilians and calling for accountability.
Jul. 19 2022
Source Page: UK National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security 2018 to 2022: report to Parliament 2021Found: UK National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security 2018 to 2022: report to Parliament 2021
Found: NATO enlargement: Sweden and Finland
Jun. 09 2022
Source Page: Operation of police powers under the Terrorism Act 2000, quarterly update to March 2022Found: 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 8 Switzerland 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Turkey
Jun. 09 2022
Source Page: Operation of police powers under the Terrorism Act 2000, quarterly update to March 2022Found: Spain 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 16 Sweden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Switzerland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Turkey
Mentions:
1: Damian Green (CON - Ashford) from Iran, Iraq, Syria and Yemen, for whom there is currently no alternative legal and safe route by - Speech Link
2: Andrew Mitchell (CON - Sutton Coldfield) The Home Office confirms that 87% of the 28,000 arriving illicitly in 2021 came from Iran, Iraq, Syria - Speech Link
3: Claudia Webbe (IND - Leicester East) we feel for Yemen, Palestine and Syria. - Speech Link
4: Edward Leigh (CON - Gainsborough) The push factors are enormous, such is the misery in the world in places such as Yemen, Syria, Iraq and - Speech Link
5: Tom Pursglove (CON - Corby) We raise this issue regularly with the Government of Iraq and the Kurdistan Regional Government, and - Speech Link
Asked by: Baroness Hodgson of Abinger (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to investigate who is responsible for reported attacks against refugee and Internally Displaced Persons camps in (1) Northern Syria, and (2) Iraq; and what steps they will take to ensure that the perpetrators do not undertake such attacks in future.
Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
We are aware of reports of attacks carried out by Turkey in both Northern Iraq and Syria and continue to follow the situation closely. FCDO Ministers and senior officials regularly reiterate the need for dialogue and cooperation between Iraq and Turkey to combat terrorism, ensure regional security, and protect civilians. We welcome recent discussions between Iraqi and Turkish Defence Ministers regarding Ankara's military operations against the PKK in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. We welcome the fact that the ceasefire in north west Syria agreed by Turkey and Russia in March 2020 is broadly holding. We are concerned by increased violence in recent months, including frequent airstrikes and daily artillery shelling. It is essential that all parties to the conflict respect the ceasefire and allow humanitarian access. We urge all parties to increase their efforts to adhere to it.
Asked by: Baroness Hodgson of Abinger (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports of bombings carried out on 1 February in (1) Iraq, and (2) Northern Syria, which targeted refugee and Internally Displaced People camps, resulting in (a) multiple casualties, and (b) destruction.
Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
We are aware of reports of attacks carried out by Turkey in both Northern Iraq and Syria and continue to follow the situation closely. FCDO Ministers and senior officials regularly reiterate the need for dialogue and cooperation between Iraq and Turkey to combat terrorism, ensure regional security, and protect civilians. We welcome recent discussions between Iraqi and Turkish Defence Ministers regarding Ankara's military operations against the PKK in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. We welcome the fact that the ceasefire in north west Syria agreed by Turkey and Russia in March 2020 is broadly holding. We are concerned by increased violence in recent months, including frequent airstrikes and daily artillery shelling. It is essential that all parties to the conflict respect the ceasefire and allow humanitarian access. We urge all parties to increase their efforts to adhere to it.
Found: LGBT+ rights and issues in the Middle East