Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office written question – answered at on 2 January 2024.
Lord Alton of Liverpool
Crossbench
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have ever recognised the 2003 killings of Darfuri people in Sudan as genocide, and if so, why it is not among the five genocides now officially recognised.
Lord Alton of Liverpool
Crossbench
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the speech by the then Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Sajid Javid, on Holocaust Memorial Day, 23 January 2017, whether they still recognise the atrocities in Darfur in 2003 as a genocide
Lord Benyon
The Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
It is not for the Government to recognise the atrocities in Darfur as a genocide. The UK's longstanding position is that determining whether a situation amounts to genocide is an issue for competent national and international courts after consideration of all of the available evidence, rather than a decision by governments or non-judicial parties.
Yes3 people think so
No4 people think not
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