Apr. 25 2024
Source Page: Justice data lab statistics: April 2024Found: The programme in prisons is a 3.5 day 'Personal Leadership in Conflict' accredited course, delivered
Apr. 25 2024
Source Page: Building a New Scotland: Justice in an independent ScotlandFound: Building a New Scotland: Justice in an independent Scotland
Apr. 22 2024
Source Page: Stronger protections for stalking and harassment victimsFound: justice ’s clerk can apply discretion to vary the time limit on application or of its /their own initiative
Asked by: Baroness Helic (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports by UN experts on 19 February of “credible allegations of egregious human rights violations” against Palestinian women and girls in Gaza and the West Bank by Israel Defence Forces; and whether they have offered practical support for investigating these alleged crimes, and for caring for survivors and witnesses.
Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The UK condemns human rights abuses and sexual violence unequivocally and without exception. As I [Lord Ahmad] said to the UN Security Council during the 11 March debate following the release of Special Representative Pramila Patten's report, it is vital that all reports of sexual violence are fully investigated to ensure justice for all victims and survivors and perpetrators are held to account.
The FCDO continues to closely monitor the situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories and stands ready to further utilise our Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative (PSVI) expertise and tools to ensure victims and survivors of CRSV, both Israeli and Palestinian, receive the holistic and survivor-centred support they need.
Through our PSVI programmes and dedicated funding totalling £60 million since 2012, we are leading work internationally to prevent conflict-related sexual violence and strengthen justice and support for all survivors.
Apr. 19 2024
Source Page: G7 foreign ministers' statement in Italy, April 2024Found: G7 foreign ministers' statement in Italy, April 2024
Special Report Apr. 19 2024
Committee: Women and Equalities CommitteeFound: Misogyny in music: Government, CIISA and Office for Students responses HC 695 Special Report
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Asked by: Neil Coyle (Labour - Bermondsey and Old Southwark)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether his Department is taking steps through the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict initiative to help support Ukrainian officials to investigate alleged acts of sexual violence by Russian forces since 2022.
Answered by Nusrat Ghani - Minister of State (Minister for Europe)
The UK is working with Ukrainian authorities to hold those responsible for gender-based violence, including conflict-related sexual violence, in Ukraine to account. The UK has committed up to £6.2 million to enhance Ukraine's domestic capacity for war crimes investigations and to help embed international guidelines and best practice into the work of Ukrainian prosecutors and investigators, including on survivor-centred approaches. This assistance has been largely delivered through projects via the Atrocity Crimes Advisory Group for Ukraine, established with the US and EU, and deployments of UK experts, including the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative (PSVI) Team of Experts.
Written Evidence Apr. 16 2024
Inquiry: International relations within the multilateral systemFound: conflict settings.
Apr. 16 2024
Source Page: UK Government to tackle global financial corruptionFound: need for stronger international cooperation in preventing and combating the transfer of funds originating