Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Helen Hayes (Labour), on Wednesday, 26 May 2021, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 48 members in total.
Conflict in Tigray, Ethiopia
That this House notes the high level of sexual violence in the conflict in Tigray, resulting in an estimated 10,000 women being raped in the four months to March: further notes the leadership role the UK government has played in global efforts to eliminate sexual violence in conflict; notes that the UN Day for the Elimination of sexual violence in conflict is on 19 June; and calls on the UK government to table a resolution at the UN Security Council setting up a tribunal to investigate sexual violence in the conflict in Tigray as a war crime, a crime against humanity or a constitutive act of genocide.
Secondary information
- Type
- Early day motion
- Reference
- 112
- Session
- 2021-22
- Other sponsors
- Virendra Sharma
- Jim Shannon
- Paula Barker
- Daisy Cooper
- Claire Hanna
- Subjects
- Armed conflict Sexual offences Violence Tigray
- Link
- View this Early day motion on edm.parliament.uk
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- Timestamp
- 2022-02-14 21:34:13 +0000
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- http://data.parliament.uk/edms/58550
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