Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs written question – answered on 25th November 2009.
Andrew Dismore
Labour, Hendon
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his Department's assessment is of the status in international law of the residents of Camp Ashraf, Iraq; and if he will make a statement.
Ivan Lewis
Minister of State (Foreign and Commonwealth Office)
Camp Ashraf is in a sovereign and democratic Iraq and the camp residents subject to its laws. The UK is of the view that the residents of Camp Ashraf, as with all people in Iraq, enjoy rights and protections under the Iraqi constitution and applicable international obligations to which Iraq is a signatory. We do not consider that they have 'protected persons' status.
We do not feel a ministerial statement is necessary at this time.
Yes4 people think so
No4 people think not
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