Zimbabwe

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 2:59 pm on 8 July 2008.

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Photo of Lord Alton of Liverpool Lord Alton of Liverpool Crossbench 2:59, 8 July 2008

My Lords, has the noble Lord seen the reports in today's newspapers that rape is being increasingly used, often leading to HIV infection, as a weapon of war against supporters of the Movement for Democratic Change? Does he recall our recent exchanges about the possibility of referring these many crimes against humanity to the International Criminal Court, overcoming the technical objections he said might exist in doing that?