Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 28898
Commonwealth: International Court of Justice
Tabled: 5 February 2025
Answered: 25 February 2025
Named DayQuestion
Mr Mark Francois
Conservative — Rayleigh and Wickford
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has withdrawn the veto on the compulsory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice on disputes with countries that (a) are and (b) have been Commonwealth
Answer
Stephen DoughtyThe position around the International Court of Justice compulsory jurisdiction remains as per the UK's deceleration of 22 February 2017.