Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Caroline Lucas (Green Party), on Monday, 18 September 2023, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 10 members in total.
COP28 and human rights
That this House is concerned that the 28th Conference of Parties (COP28) will be held in the United Arab Emirates amid ongoing repression and human rights violations, and risks being used to greenwash and distract from the UAE’s appalling human rights records; notes the ongoing detention of 60 members of Emirati Civil Society sentenced in a mass trial over a decade ago; condemns the ongoing detention of Emirati blogger and human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor, who is being held in prolonged solitary confinement and denied adequate medical care, in violation of international human rights law and putting his life at risk; urges the Government to leverage its close relationship with the UAE to publicly and privately urge the UAE to take concrete steps to improve its human rights record in the lead up to the COP-28 summit; and calls for the immediate and unconditional release of Ahmed Mansoor.
Secondary information
- Type
- Early day motion
- Reference
- 1634
- Session
- 2022-23
- Other sponsors
- Jon Trickett
- Liz Saville Roberts
- Philippa Whitford
- Claudia Webbe
- Nadia Whittome
- Subjects
- Human rights Climate Change Convention United Arab Emirates
- Link
- View this Early day motion on edm.parliament.uk
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- 2023-10-17 16:45:09 +0100
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