Baroness Helic

To ask His Majesty's Government how many Ukrainian soldiers have been trained by His Majesty's Armed Forces (1) since 2014, and (2) since 24 February 2022; and how many of these soldiers have received human security training, in particular on (a) Women, P...

To ask Her Majesty's Government how much Official Development Assistance funding originally earmarked for other countries has been reallocated to Ukraine.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of UK Official Development Assistance funding is allocated on a multi-year basis.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the average waiting time for (1) all visa applications, and (2) visa applications from (a) Albania, (b) Bosnia and Herzegovina, (c) Kosovo, (d) Montenegro, (e) North Macedonia, and (f) Serbia.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what support they have provided to (1) the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission, and (2) the UN Human Rights Council's International Commission of Experts, to investigate conflict-related sexual violence in Ethiopia, following...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made in implementing the recommendations of the expert from the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative deployed to Ethiopia in June 2021.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to revisit the reservation on Article 59 of the Istanbul Convention after the Support for Migrant Victims pilot scheme evaluation is published; how long they expect the process of revisiting the reserva...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence on the effects of applying a reservation on Article 59 of the Istanbul Convention; and what assessment ...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the letter from the IC Change coalition to the Home Secretary on 30 May, which invites them to ratify the Istanbul Convention without reservations and without waiting for the findings of th...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of the United States regarding that government's Strategy to Prevent and Respond to Gender-Based Violence Globally, published in June 2016 and currently being updated; and ...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support calls for Ukraine to be listed as ‘a situation of concern’ in the UN Secretary General’s Annual Report on Children and Armed Conflict.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support embedding (1) conflict-related sexual violence expertise, and (2) child-specific expertise, in all international mechanisms currently investigating violations of international humanitar...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Atrocity Crimes Advisory Group for Ukraine includes dedicated expertise in the investigation of (1) crimes of sexual violence in conflict, and (2) crimes against children.

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many times ministers have met (1) the President of the Family Division, and (2) the chair of the Judicial College, since 21 April 2021; and on how many of these occasions judicial training on domestic abuse has been dis...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any (1) organisations, or (2) individuals, outside the Judicial College (a) were, or (b) are, involved in the (i) development, or (ii) delivery, of training on domestic abuse for judges and magistrates.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress the Judicial College have made with the rollout of new training to address the (1) attitudinal, and (2) behavioural, issues raised in (a) recent caselaw, (b) the Ministry of Justice report Assessing Risk of Ha...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the rollout of new digital domestic abuse training for magistrates and legal advisers that began in October 2021 by the Judicial College is complete; whether it is compulsory; and if so, how often (1) magistrates, a...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the specialist digital training on domestic abuse launched by the Judicial College in October 2021 for all family judges, including Recorders and Deputy District Judges, is compulsory; and if so, how often family ju...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to guarantee (1) security, and (2) stability, in the Western Balkans in light of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of Russia's membership of the (1) Bosnia and Herzegovina Peace Implementation Council, and (2) the Peace Implementation Council Steering Board, in light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; and wh...