Question follow-through · 46779

Sudan: United Arab Emirates

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the case brought by Sudan against the United Arab Emirates at the International Court of Justice

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled: 22 Apr 2025
Target answer date: 29 Apr 2025
Answer: 9 May 2025 · 17 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

22 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the case brought by Sudan against the United Arab Emirates at the International Court of Justice
29 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 May 2025
Answer published
We are fully committed to international justice and respect the independence of the International Court of Justice. We continue to call upon the warring parties to take concrete and immediate action to respect international humanitarian law and alleviate ...

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