Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 3606
Sri Lanka: Sanctions
Tabled: 30 August 2024
Answered: 9 September 2024
Question
Uma Kumaran
Labour — Stratford 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 WestSri 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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