Question follow-through · 14617
Occupied Territories: Human Rights
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when his Department received the report of the United Nations General Assembly Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinia
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 18 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 20 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 12 Dec 2024 · 24 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when his Department received the report of the United Nations General Assembly Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinia
20 Nov 2024
Target answer date
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12 Dec 2024
Answer published
The Government has been clear since day one that International Humanitarian Law (IHL) must be upheld, and civilians protected. The UK supports Israel's right to self-defence, but it must do so in accordance with IHL. On his first day in office, the Foreig...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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