Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 60878

International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance

Tabled: 18 June 2025
Answered: 23 June 2025
Named Day

Question

Layla Moran

Liberal DemocratOxford West and Abingdon

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) signing and (b) ratifying the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance.

Answer

Alex Davies-Jones
The UK Government considers that the current domestic framework and legislation already prevents arbitrary arrests, prohibits torture and degrading treatment, and holds the Security and Intelligence Agencies to account. We therefore currently have no plan...

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