Question follow-through · 23439
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Human Rights
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with Rwandan counterparts on (a) human rights abuses and (b) violence against women and girls by militia groups in the eastern regions
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 13 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 17 Jan 2025 · 4 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with Rwandan counterparts on (a) human rights abuses and (b) violence against women and girls by militia groups in the eastern regions
16 Jan 2025
Target answer date
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17 Jan 2025
Answer published
The UK is closely monitoring the situation in the eastern regions of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and continues to raise our concerns about reported human rights violations at the highest levels with the Governments of Rwanda and DRC, most latel...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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