This bill allows UK courts to make preliminary determinations on genocide allegations and requires the Secretary of State to refer findings to international courts and the UN Security Council, with limited power to veto such referrals.
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.
Status: In Progress
Current House: Lords
Stage: 2nd reading
Sponsored by: Lord Alton of Liverpool
Introduced: 2022-06-08