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
3 results
Clear
9 Recommendation Deferred
Third Report - From Srebrenica to …
The Government must ensure consistency between a new strategy on atrocity prevention and the ‘strategic...
The Government must ensure consistency between a new strategy on atrocity prevention and the ‘strategic conflict framework’ under development. This framework itself must articulate atrocity prevention objectives, as distinct from general conflict prevention objectives. Read more
Government Response
The government cannot guarantee additional resources due to fiscal constraints and prioritization of essential overseas aid and support for refugees from Ukraine and Afghanistan, pending budget confirmation.
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11 Recommendation Deferred
Third Report - From Srebrenica to …
The UK Government must submit an annual report to Parliament on its actions to prevent...
The UK Government must submit an annual report to Parliament on its actions to prevent atrocities. That report should be produced by the new Office for Conflict, Stabilisation and Mediation (see paras 24, 51), with input from other teams in … Read more
Government Response
The government plans to carry out a learning needs analysis to understand how the existing training offer could be expanded and targeted to increase impact and ensure staff are upskilled on atrocity prevention work; learning needs assessment will consider how to take forward training with HoMs and wider groups of staff overseas to achieve maximum learning impact.
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23 Recommendation Deferred
Third Report - From Srebrenica to …
The Government should invest in network analysis capabilities within both the OCSM and priority geographic...
The Government should invest in network analysis capabilities within both the OCSM and priority geographic teams to highlight enablers of atrocities, such as financial flows or key information channels. Such capabilities will support effective sanctions designation. Read more
Government Response
The government discusses shifting towards a more locally led approach and working with civil society groups to explore how analysis from local organisations can support early warning systems but does not directly address investing in network analysis capabilities within the OCSM and priority geographic teams.
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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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