To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will answer the question asked by Lord Alton of Liverpool on 11 June (HL Deb, col 418) about what action is being taken to ensure the safety of those reported to have fled the city of Mosul following its capture b...
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To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Sudan regarding the arrest of the National Umma Party leader al-Sadiq al-Mahdi.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what efforts they have made to support press freedoms in Sudan; and what role they consider such freedoms can play in the promotion of the National Dialogue process.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the compatibility of their policy on charging VAT on independent schools with the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), and in particular with (1) Article 2 of the First Protocol, and...
To ask His Majesty's Government what is their position on establishing an ad hoc tribunal for Da'esh to ensure that its members are prosecuted for their involvement in international crimes, including genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the UN Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da'esh/ISIL as it comes to the end of its mandate; and what arrangements have been agreed in relation to the evid...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the reports that evidence collected by the UN Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da'esh/ISIL is being shared with Kurdish authorities; whether doing so was...
To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to government of Iraq in relation to the spike in hate speech against the Yazidi, following the 10th anniversary of the Yazidi genocide; and how they are assisting Iraq in addressing the ...
To ask His Majesty's Government whether their decision not to pursue human rights accountability measures under the Global Human Rights Sanctions Regulations 2020 against high-ranking officials and entities of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is ...
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support independent investigations and documentation efforts, including those conducted by Korea Future and other human rights organisations, to uncover human rights violations in the Democrati...
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to incorporate the specific demand from the 2024 United Nations Human Rights Council resolution on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, particularly the call for an...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Council of the European Union’s decision to impose sanctions on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea's Minister of State Security, Ri Chang Dae, and the Onsong County Ministry of S...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the extent to which the independence of the UK higher education sector has been compromised by a reliance on funding from China.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have investigated reports that China lobbied for the removal of references to Taiwan from material used in schools in connection with GCSE examinations.
To ask His Majesty's Government what is their policy in relation to the provision of development aid to entities within China; and what is the total of UK aid provided to the China in the past 10 years.
To ask His Majesty's Government what account was taken of the recent hack of the Electoral Commission and the alleged hack of the Ministry of Defence by China, and its aggressive military action in the South China Sea, before authorising the attendance of...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Drayson on 19 May 2009 (WA 290), Baroness Wilcox on 3 October 2011 (WA 114–5), Baroness Garden of Frognal on 5 November 2012 (WA 168) and Lord Marland on 4 December 2012 (WA 131), whe...