Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 71554

Capital Punishment and Torture

Tabled: 29 August 2025

Answered: 16 September 2025

Question

Liz Jarvis

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Overseas Security and Justice Assistance guidance in the prohibition of UK involvement in (a) torture and (b) the death pen

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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