Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 3606

Sri Lanka: Sanctions

Tabled: 30 August 2024
Answered: 9 September 2024

Question

Uma Kumaran

LabourStratford and Bow

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of imposing Magnitsky-style sanctions against people in Sri Lanka accused of war crimes.

Answer

Catherine West
Sri Lanka is a human rights priority country for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, and we regularly engage with the Government of Sri Lanka on the need for truth, justice and accountability. The Global Human Rights sanctions regime is one ...

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