Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Robert Flello (Labour), on Wednesday, 2 March 2016, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 43 members in total.

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UN CONVENTION ON THE PREVENTION AND PUNISHMENT OF GENOCIDE

That this House welcomes the recent resolution of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and the recent motion of the European Parliament each of which identifies the slaughter by Daesh of Christians and other minorities in Syria and Iraq as the genocide that it is; notes the recent statements by Hillary Clinton, by leading Republican contenders for the US Presidency, and by His Holiness Pope Francis that the targeting of those communities is genocide; observes that an amendment was recently proposed to the Immigration Bill in the House of Lords to place upon the Government a duty to act to protect vulnerable individuals from genocide, and looks forward to that amendment being moved again at a future stage of the Bill; reminds the Prime Minister of the UK's duties under the UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide to act both directly and with others to bring this killing to an end and to bring its perpetrators to trial and punishment; expresses its frustration at the reluctance of Ministers to present evidence and to work to create a consensus at the UN that the killing is genocide; and observes that such inaction risks bringing shame on our nation and the reputation of the Government into international disrepute.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1192 

Session

2015-16

Other sponsors

Alan Meale

David Amess

Martyn Day

Stephen Gethins

John McNally

Subjects

Human rights Discrimination Ethnic groups Racial discrimination Religion United Nations Middle East

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk