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Written question asked by Jared O'Mara (Independent (affiliation)) on Thursday, 30 November 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 4 December 2017. It was answered by Sam Gyimah (Conservative) on Thursday, 7 December 2017 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.


War Crimes: Yugoslavia

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convicted criminals have been imprisoned in the UK after trial by the International Criminal Tribunal for crimes committed in the former Yugoslavia.

Answer

The United Kingdom has sentence enforcement agreements with a number of international courts and tribunals. Under these arrangements the UK is currently holding one person convicted of war crimes by the Special Court for Sierra Leone.

Previously three prisoners convicted of war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) have served all or part of their sentence in the United Kingdom in the last 10 years. A further prisoner convicted by ICTY was held here prior to this period. These four prisoners are no longer detained in the UK.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
116713
Session
2017-19
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Prisoners War crimes Yugoslavia International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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