BRIEFING: TRADE BILL AMENDMENTTRADING WITH COUNTRIES ALLEGED TO BE INVOLVED IN GENOCIDE AMENDMENT Agreements with states accused of committing genocide (1) International bilateral trade agreements are revoked if the High Court of England and Wales makes a preliminary...
War in Ethiopia’s Tigray Province – Government challenged today to co-ordinate an international response to a potential genocide during exchanges in the House of Lords
War in Ethiopia's Tigray Province - Government challenged today to co-ordinate an international response to a potential genocide during exchanges in the House of Lords Private Notice Question Asked by...
Parliamentary questions and letter to the Foreign Secretary about horrific violence in Tigray. Today The Sunday Telegraph reports that “Ethiopia may be on the edge of genocide”, reporting decapitation of children. How are the international community – and the U.K. – responding to the warning signs of an unfolding Genocide?
Today The Sunday Telegraph reports that “Ethiopia may be on the edge of genocide”. The report describes the decapitation of four children and babies being cut out of pregnant women. Last week I tabled parliamentary questions and wrote to the Foreign Secretary about...
Remembering Nuremberg – 75 years ago today and why it challenges us to combat new Genocides and hatred of minorities.
Sir Hartley Shawcross - Labour MP for St.Helens Remembering Nuremberg 75 years on Today marks 75 years since the Nuremberg Trials began. Sir Hartley Shawcross - Labour MP for St.Helens was the lead British prosecutor at the Nuremberg War Crimes tribunal. In his...
Parliament considers the Nagorno-Karabakh genocide emergency alert and Azerbaijan accused of a war crime for bombing a maternity hospital.
Nagorno Karabakh War Crime as Azerbaijan bombs a maternity Hospital Nagorno-Karabakh: Genocide Emergency Alert 02 November 2020 Private Notice Question 2.00 pm Tabled by Baroness Cox To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the genocide emergency alert issued...
The Question of Mass Atrocity Monitoring and Determination – invitation to a webinar on November 17th – focusing on the plight of the Rohingya and Uighurs
Never again - all over again Lord Alton of Liverpool and the Coalition for Genocide Response would like to invite you to a webinar: “The Question of Mass Atrocity Monitoring and Determination” 17 November 2020 at 5 PM (GMT) Zoom Webinar (Side event to the Ministerial...
UK says it welcomes Russia’s role in Nagorno Karabakh and is ” deeply concerned by reporting of continued targeting of civilian areas.”
UK says it welcomes Russia's role in Nagorno Karabakh and is " deeply concerned by reporting of continued targeting of civilian areas." Wendy Morton MPMinister for the European Neighbourhood and the AmericasKing Charles StreetLondonSW1A 2AH The Lord Alton of...
Cross Party Alliance Demands An End To Trade Deals With States Complicit in Genocide
https://hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2020-10-13/debates/EE70A907-14EC-4EFE-8833-CE1F2FE82580/TradeBillLord Alton of Liverpool 68: After Clause 2, insert the following new Clause— “Agreements with states accused of committing genocide Regulations made under...
UK Government Ministers reply to questions about the continuing atrocities in Nigeria.
Questions to Government Ministers from David Alton (Lord Alton of Liverpool) about the continuing atrocities in Nigeria. Baroness Sugg, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL7583):...
View the Webinar held on August 22nd – the International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief – organised by the Coalition for Genocide Response.
View the Webinar held on August 22nd – the International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief - organised by the Coalition for Genocide Response....
For 18 years David Alton was a Member of the House of Commons and today he is an Independent Crossbench Life Peer in the UK House of Lords.
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