Written questions

Israel: Human Rights

Lords · Question HL7175 · Tabled 6 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 30 May 2025

Question

Asked by Baroness Deech

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have raised concerns with the United National Human Rights Council about the proportionality of its standing agenda item 7 with regard to Israel.

Answer

Answered by Lord Collins of Highbury, 30 May 2025

The UK has regularly raised concerns at the Human Rights Council about the proportionality of the standing agenda item 7 with regards to Israel. Most recently, at an Interactive Dialogue on the Occupied Palestinian Territories on 25 February, we said that...