Asked by: Lord Alton of Liverpool (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of people who have died as a consequence of the war in Tigray as a result of (1) fatalities in the conflict, (2) displacement, and (3) illness and hunger caused by the conflict.
Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
Reliable information on casualties caused by the conflict in Tigray is very scarce. Armed violence is likely to have cased thousands of battlefield casualties. Calculating deaths attributable to displacement, hunger and illness is more challenging. This is due to the breakdown in medical and communications services in Tigray during the conflict, exacerbated by the negligible levels of humanitarian access all of which hampered information gathering and accurate reporting.
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1: Baroness Kennedy of Shaws (Lab - Life peer) happened as a result of our pulling away from our international obligations.It is commonly said that armed - Speech Link
2: Lord Alton of Liverpool (XB - Life peer) Close to two years after the beginning of the war in Tigray, the Government finally commissioned a JACS - Speech Link
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1: Tony Lloyd (Lab - Rochdale) attacks in northern Kosovo, including the so-called Banjska attack in October this year, were planned by armed - Speech Link
2: Fleur Anderson (Lab - Putney) ill-prepared to respond to some of the greatest foreign policy crises of our time: Sudan, Ukraine, Tigray - Speech Link
3: Brendan O'Hara (SNP - Argyll and Bute) After all that we have seen in Ukraine, Gaza, Tigray, Darfur and Xinjiang, is that really still the UK - Speech Link
4: Lyn Brown (Lab - West Ham) then need to be proactive by using that greater understanding of those driving the violence to press armed - Speech Link
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1: Baroness Smith of Basildon (Lab - Life peer) , to diminish the Houthis’ ability to disrupt maritime navigation, and we acknowledge and thank our Armed - Speech Link
2: Lord Boateng (Lab - Life peer) Armed conflicts have worsened human suffering and forced millions to flee: roughly 2.7 million people - Speech Link
3: Lord Alton of Liverpool (XB - Life peer) Where were the blue helmets as 600,000 were killed in Tigray while the world looked away? - Speech Link
May. 09 2024
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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 efforts since the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement in November 2022 to achieve justice and accountability for conflict-related sexual violence in Tigray, and what support they are providing to those efforts.
Answered by Lord Benyon - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The UK is committed to preventing and responding to conflict-related sexual violence in Ethiopia. We have consistently called for an end to the appalling gender-based violence committed across Ethiopia, including sexual violence, particularly during the Tigray conflict. We therefore welcome the recent agreement to implement a comprehensive national Transitional Justice policy aimed at accountability, redress for victims, reconciliation, and healing. The UK has called for the perpetrators to be held to account and the importance of a victim-centered, gender-sensitive approach. We will work with the Ethiopian Government and civil society in their efforts to hold perpetrators to account, including building the capacity of the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission through the UK's Human Rights and Peacebuilding programme (HARP).
Apr. 19 2024
Source Page: G7 foreign ministers' statement in Italy, April 2024Found: implementation of the cessation of hostilities agreement between the Government of Ethiopia and the Tigray
Asked by: Lord Alton of Liverpool (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the statement published by Refugees International on 27 November concerning the war in Tigray, which stated that "between 40 and 50 per cent of women experienced gender-based violence"; and what steps they are taking, together with international partners, to bring those responsible to justice.
Answered by Lord Benyon - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
We welcome independent reporting such as Refugees International's and are appalled by the reports of gender-based violence, including conflict-related sexual violence committed by all sides during the conflict in Northern Ethiopia. The United Kingdom condemns sexual violence unequivocally and without exception and stands with all victims and survivors. We continue to call for the Government of Ethiopia to develop and implement an inclusive and credible Transitional Justice policy, to ensure accountability for atrocities and human rights violations including gender-based violence and have offered support to the Government of Ethiopia on this. Through our human rights and peacebuilding programme, the United Kingdom is helping to build the investigative capacity of the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission to deliver justice and accountability for victims, including survivors of gender-based violence. Our humanitarian programming also involves work to improve the availability and accessibility of services for survivors.