Promoting dialogue and preventing atrocities: the UK government approach

International Development Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 26 Nov 2021 Closed: 8 Mar 2023 Parliament page
Report and Government response published The International Development Committee has now published a Report on From Srebrenica to a safer tomorrow: Preventing future mass atrocities around the world and concluded Russia’s likely mass atrocities in Ukraine underline the urgent need for the UK to adopt a national strategy for preventing … Read more
19 Recommendations
11 Conclusions
1 Report
2 Oral sessions
1 Letter
2 Events
Activity timeline 7 events
19 Jan
2023
Report published
17 Oct
2022
Report published
24 May
2022
Oral evidence
24 May
2022
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 5, Palace of Westminster
26 Apr
2022
Correspondence
11 Jan
2022
Oral evidence
11 Jan
2022
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 8, Palace of Westminster
Oral evidence sessions 2 sessions
24 May 2022
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Promoting dialogue and preventing atrocities: the UK government approach
Leigh Stubblefield · Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Matthew Field Pete Vowles The Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon · Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
11 Jan 2022
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Promoting dialogue and preventing atrocities: the UK government approach
Denisa Delić · International Rescue Committee Natalie Samarasinghe · United Nations Association – UK Saidi Zirhumana · Support Office for Peacebuilding in the DRC (Bureau de Soutien pour la Consolidation de la Paix) Savita Pawnday · Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Third Report - From Srebrenica to a safer tomorrow: Preventing f… HC 149 17 Oct 2022 30 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
6 results
Clear
2 Conclusion Accepted
Third Report - From Srebrenica to …
Despite the UN Security Council’s role in protecting populations and its considerable powers, it faces...
Despite the UN Security Council’s role in protecting populations and its considerable powers, it faces gridlock in practice. The threat of an UNSC permanent member exercising its veto constrains international action to prevent and end “conscience- shocking” mass atrocities, which … Read more
Government Response
The government values its partnerships on atrocity prevention, including with the United States. They are also engaging with the Global Network of R2P Focal Points and have provided funding to the Global Centre for R2P.
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7 Recommendation Accepted
Third Report - From Srebrenica to …
Armed conflict and mass atrocities are linked, but overfocusing on conflict is likely to miss...
Armed conflict and mass atrocities are linked, but overfocusing on conflict is likely to miss atrocity risks, to leave groups unprotected and to ignore how atrocities themselves can drive conflict. In addition to conflict prevention, the Government must explicitly recognise … Read more
Government Response
From 2023, the government will expand the existing atrocity prevention section of the annual Human Rights and Democracy Report. The OCSM will complete this section drawing information from a range of other teams within FCDO and other relevant Government departments.
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10 Recommendation Accepted
Third Report - From Srebrenica to …
The Government should ensure that Ministers provide regular and strategic direction to the UK’s atrocity...
The Government should ensure that Ministers provide regular and strategic direction to the UK’s atrocity and conflict prevention policy by adding this to the agenda of the Foreign Policy and Security Council and giving the Secretariat responsibility for tracking implementation … Read more
Government Response
The government describes the existing Mass Atrocity Prevention Hub, FCDO's International Academy's training, and efforts to strengthen understanding of atrocity prevention.
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14 Recommendation Accepted
Third Report - From Srebrenica to …
The OCSM must: a) ensure that UK posts and desks for priority countries can access...
The OCSM must: a) ensure that UK posts and desks for priority countries can access the training and resources that they need, including when factoring relevant thematic objectives into country plans; b) provide the expertise to enable greater awareness of … Read more
Government Response
Staff at Post are already supported by various experts when developing their approach to atrocity prevention, including conflict advisors, governance advisers, and research analysts.
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18 Conclusion Accepted
Third Report - From Srebrenica to …
The FCDO should introduce a new Atrocity Prevention Toolkit to provide applied, day-to-day guidance to...
The FCDO should introduce a new Atrocity Prevention Toolkit to provide applied, day-to-day guidance to UK Posts and desks on existing support and how to raise the alarm in a crisis.
Government Response
The government states that using network analysis to look at actors, contexts, and interrelations is central to their approach and such tools are routinely used to assess corporate structures and financial linkages between individuals and entities.
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22 Conclusion Accepted
Third Report - From Srebrenica to …
The OCSM must continue to develop the analytical capabilities to monitor and identify countries and...
The OCSM must continue to develop the analytical capabilities to monitor and identify countries and groups at risk of mass atrocities, working closely with UK Posts and desks. This work should inform the UK’s policy and programming objectives in countries … Read more
Government Response
The government discusses the importance of Fragile and Conflict Affected States (FCAS) for the IDS and describes how they use a range of tools to deliver development and foreign policy ambitions and delegates more authority to HoMs on bilateral ODA spend at post.
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Government Response AI assessment · 30 of 19 classified
Accepted 6
Accepted in Part 5
Acknowledged 14
Deferred 3
Not Addressed 1
Rejected 1
Total 19 recs + 11 conclusions
Correspondence 1 letter
26 Apr 2022 To committee Letter from the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs regarding Bosnia and Herzegovina Regulations on Sanctions - 11 April 2022
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