Gaza: Genocide Convention
Commons · Question 12458 · Tabled 4 Nov 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Question
Asked by Chris Law
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the UK's obligation under Article 1 of the Genocide Convention to prevent genocide in Gaza.
Answer
Answered by Hamish Falconer, 19 Nov 2024
The UK government's long-standing policy is that any formal determination of genocide should be based on the judgment of a competent national or international court. The Foreign Secretary spoke to his Israeli counterpart on 27 October, and reiterated that...