Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 70301

Capital Punishment and Torture

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 16 September 2025

Question

Fabian Hamilton

LabourLeeds North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department's review of the Overseas Security and Justice Assistance guidance will include consideration of specific cases in which assistance was provided despite

Answer

Stephen Doughty
The Overseas Security and Justice Assistance (OSJA) assessment is an essential tool to ensure that the UK's overseas security and justice assistance meets our human rights and international humanitarian law (IHL) obligations, increases respect for the rul...

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