Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 14577
Occupied Territories: Human Rights
Tabled: 18 November 2024
Answered: 27 November 2024
Question
Ms Diane Abbott
Labour — Hackney North and Stoke Newington
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the United Nations Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied
Answer
Mr Hamish FalconerWe have considered the report. The Government has been clear since day one that International Humanitarian Law (IHL) must be upheld, and civilians protected. The UK supports Israel’s right to self-defence, but it must do this in accordance with internatio...
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