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Universal Jurisdiction

EDM number 1662 in 2010-12, proposed by Tom Brake on 28/03/2011.
Categorised under the topic of Human rights.

That this House believes that universal jurisdiction for human rights abuses is essential as part of the cause of bringing to justice those who commit crimes against humanity; and welcomes the Director of Public Prosecution's statement thatwhen there is sufficient evidence and it is in the public interest, there should be a prosecution and that the Crown Prosecution Service would prosecute andwill monitor the effectiveness of any new arrangements for pursuing universal jurisdiction cases to ensure they provide a swift and effective means of bringing those responsible for crimes such as war crimes, genocide, torture and hostage-taking to justice.

This motion has been signed by a total of 19 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Tom Brake28/03/2011Carshalton and WallingtonLiberal DemocratProposed
Julian Huppert28/03/2011CambridgeLiberal DemocratSeconded
Peter Bottomley29/03/2011Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Jim Shannon29/03/2011StrangfordDUPSeconded
Andrew George29/03/2011St IvesLiberal DemocratSeconded
Mike Hancock29/03/2011Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSeconded
Stephen Williams29/03/2011Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Adrian Sanders30/03/2011TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned
Martin Caton30/03/2011GowerLabourSigned
Bob Russell31/03/2011ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Don Foster31/03/2011BathLiberal DemocratSigned
Caroline Lucas31/03/2011Brighton, PavilionGreenSigned
Mark Williams01/04/2011CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
John Hemming05/04/2011Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
John Leech26/04/2011Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Jo Swinson26/04/2011East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Dan Rogerson04/05/2011North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Lady Hermon11/05/2011North DownIndependentSigned
Alan Reid11/08/2011Argyll and ButeLiberal DemocratSigned

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