A Bill to provide for the High Court in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and the Court of Session in Scotland to make preliminary determinations concerning the undertakings made by the United Kingdom as a Contracting Party to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (“Genocide Convention”) under international law; for the referral of such determinations to relevant international courts or organisations; for response to reports on genocide; and for connected purposes.
House of Lords
31 October 2023
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This bill would authorise the High Court (in England, Wales and Northern Ireland) and the Court of Session in Scotland to make preliminary determinations about the UK’s undertakings under the Genocide Convention. It would allow those determinations to be referred to international courts or organisations and set out processes for the UK’s response to genocide-related reports and related matters.
The bill is currently in the Lords, at the 2nd reading stage (last listed on 28 October 2022). No Commons progress is shown in the provided information.
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8 Jun 2022
28 Oct 2022
The 2022-2023 session of Parliament has prorogued and this bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
