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Lord Purvis of Tweed (LD)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 8 June 2026

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Russian Attacks on Civilian Infrastructure

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My Lords, we have seen in the conflicts in the Middle East we have just been discussing in the House, in Sudan and now in Ukraine, that there has been a systematic targeting of civilian infrastructure, which is a clear breach of Article 8 of the Rome statute and Article 52 of the Geneva convention. There seems to be impunity for combatants targeting essential civilian infrastructure. Will the Government make it very clear that both those perpetuating the targeting of civilian infrastructure and any country that is supporting, facilitating or providing any munitions that assist in the targeting of civilian infrastructure will be sanctioned by the United Kingdom, there will investigations into their breaches of international humanitarian law, and we will prosecute them through any means we have as a member of international judicial resolve?
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