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 DayQuestion
Layla Moran
Liberal Democrat — Oxford 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-JonesThe 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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