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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had and on what dates with (a) the United Nations Human Rights Council Commission of Inquiry, (b) the Israeli Government, (c) the Palestinian Authority, and (d) partner countries on the Human Rights Council on the...

Asked by
Richard Burden (Labour)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
25 March 2019
Reference
234657
House
House of Commons

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Shutt of Greetland on 17 October (WA 27), whether the Chief Commissioner of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission, as the Irish Government's nominee to the United Nations Human Rights Council, remains subject to rules of procedure that...

Asked by
Lord Laird (Ulster Unionist Party)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
22 November 2011
Reference
13219; 732 c229WA
House
House of Lords

To ask Her Majesty’s Government why the new Chief Commissioner of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission, while holding that post in the United Kingdom, is representing a foreign government to the United Nations.

Asked by
Lord Laird (Ulster Unionist Party)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
10 November 2011
Reference
13189; 732 c92WA
House
House of Lords

To ask Her Majesty’s Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Shutt of Greetland on 25 October (WA 139-140) concerning the appointment of Professor O’Flaherty as chief commissioner of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission, in what way the professor's appointment to the United Nations Human Rights Commission, representing...

Asked by
Lord Laird (Ulster Unionist Party)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
31 October 2011
Reference
12849; 731 c213WA
House
House of Lords

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Shutt of Greetland on 17 October (WA 27) concerning the appointment of Professor Michael O’Flaherty as chairman of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission, whetherProfessor O’Flaherty made his continuing presence on the United Nations Human Rights Commission a...

Asked by
Lord Laird (Ulster Unionist Party)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
25 October 2011
Reference
12579; 731 c139-40WA
House
House of Lords

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord De Mauley on 3 October (WA 132), whether they consulted the Government of the Republic of Ireland over the appointment of Professor Michael O'Flaherty, the new chairman of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC), and his continuing...

Asked by
Lord Laird (Ulster Unionist Party)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
17 October 2011
Reference
12197; 731 c27WA
House
House of Lords

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the added value for individuals within the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom from being empowered to have recourse to the United Nations Human Rights Committee under the First Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights so...

Asked by
Lord Lester of Herne Hill (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
12 January 2009
Reference
172; 706 c111-2WA
House
House of Lords

asked Her Majesty's Government:What steps they intend to take to ensure gender diversity on the United Nations Human Rights Committee in light of the all-male list of candidates elected by state parties on 4 September 2008 in New York.

Asked by
Lord Rana (Crossbench)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
5 November 2008
Reference
5802; 705 c76WA
House
House of Lords

asked Her Majesty's Government:How they consider the United Nations Human Rights Committee and the international community should deal with violations of human rights by the lower tiers of government in federal systems of government.

Asked by
Lord Avebury (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Notes
Answer received between Tuesday 9 September and Monday 15 September 2008
Date
29 September 2008
Reference
4916; 703 c398-9WA
House
House of Lords

How many states parties to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights have accepted the first optional protocol to the covenant, enabling individual complaints to be made to the United Nations Human Rights Committee; and how many states parties, other than the United Kingdom, have not accepted the first...

Asked by
Lord Lester of Herne Hill (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
27 June 2005
Reference
662; 673 c6WA
House
House of Lords
Type
Select Committee reports; House of Commons papers; Parliamentary committees
Committee
Foreign Affairs Committee
Date
22 March 2005
Reference
HC 36 2004/05
House
House of Commons

Further to the Written Answer by the Baroness Ashton of Upholland on 16 September 2004, 664 c201WA, whether they will publish their evaluation of the case law of the United Nations Human Rights Committee and of the experience of states which have accepted the First Optional Protocol, which led to...

Asked by
Lord Lester of Herne Hill (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
2 December 2004
Reference
HL 99; 667 c15WA
House
House of Lords

Whether their review of international human rights instruments included an evaluation of the case law of the United Nations Human Rights Committee in considering complaints under the First Optional Protocol to the United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and of the experience of states which have accepted...

Asked by
Lord Lester of Herne Hill (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
16 September 2004
Reference
HL 4089; 664 c201-2WA
House
House of Lords

Whether there is evidence, either in relation to the right of petition under the First Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights or under the legal systems of Contracting Parties to the Covenant, that a free-standing legal provision against discrimination could lead to an increase in the...

Asked by
Lord Lester of Herne Hill (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
14 September 2004
Reference
HL 4066; 664 c181-2WA
House
House of Lords
Answered by
Lord Filkin (Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
15 July 2004
Reference
663 c1359-61
House
House of Lords
Answered by
Lord Filkin (Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
15 July 2004
Reference
663 c1359-61
House
House of Lords
1st supplementary on same.
Asked by
Lord Lester of Herne Hill (Liberal Democrat)
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
15 July 2004
Reference
663 c1359-61
House
House of Lords
Whether they will consult Parliament and the public before reaching a decision on whether to accept the First Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (enabling complaints to be made to the United Nations Human Rights Committee of breaches of the covenant by United Kingdom public authorities).
Asked by
Lord Lester of Herne Hill (Liberal Democrat)
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Date
15 July 2004
Reference
663 c1359-61
House
House of Lords

Lords debate on unstarred question on whether Her Majestys Government intend to accept the first Optional Protocol to the United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights so as to enable individual complaints about breaches of the covenant by the United Kingdom to be considered by the United Nations...

Lead member
Lord Lester of Herne Hill
Answering member
Lord Filkin
Department
Department for Constitutional Affairs
Type
Questions for short debate
Date
13 May 2004
Reference
661 c434-45
House
House of Lords

Why the United Kingdom has not acceded to the First Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights so as to enable the United Nations Human Rights Committee to consider individual complaints of breaches of the covenant by the United Kingdom. [HL 872].

Asked by
Lord Lester of Herne Hill (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
2 February 2004
Reference
HL 872; 657 c70-1WA
House
House of Lords