Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office written question – answered at on 17 July 2026.
Tan Dhesi
Chair, Defence Committee, Chair, Defence Committee
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of its processes for (a) identifying, (b) monitoring and (c) reporting potential breaches of international humanitarian law globally.
Chris Elmore
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The UK is committed to upholding and promoting full compliance with International Humanitarian Law (IHL). The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office draws on a range of sources and analysis to inform our IHL assessments, including the work of our own expert teams.
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