http://collections.europarchive.org/ukparliament/20100423142105/http://www.parliament.ukRecent background material on topical issues - including Select Committee Reports, Research Papers, Standard Notes, POST papers, Lords Papers and Early Day Motions23-04-2010 14:47:54enhttp://collections.europarchive.org/ukparliament/20100423142105/http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/briefings/snia-05422.pdfThe UK has universal jurisdiction under the Geneva Conventions Act 1957 (and other legislation) for a limited number of serious international crimes. It also has ...2010-03-25T00:00:00.0000000-00:00Standard Notehttp://collections.europarchive.org/ukparliament/20100423142105/http://edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/EDMDetails.aspx?EDMID=40831&Session=903That this House notes the forthcoming meeting of the Assembly of States Parties to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in May 2010 in Kampala to reach an international agreement ...2010-03-24T00:00:00.0000000-00:00Early Day Motionhttp://collections.europarchive.org/ukparliament/20100423142105/http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/briefings/snia-05340.pdfThe military campaign in Afghanistan was not specifically mandated by the UN, but was widely (although not universally) perceived to be a legitimate form of self-defence ...2010-02-26T00:00:00.0000000-00:00Standard Notehttp://collections.europarchive.org/ukparliament/20100423142105/http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/briefings/snia-05353.pdfThis Note looks at the procedure for taking a complaint about an alleged breach of the European Convention on Human Rights to the European Court of Human Rights. ...2010-02-22T00:00:00.0000000-00:00Standard Notehttp://collections.europarchive.org/ukparliament/20100423142105/http://edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/EDMDetails.aspx?EDMID=40218&Session=903That this House opposes any proposed changes to UK legislation on universal jurisdiction that would compromise the UK's obligations under the Fourth Geneva Convention to seek out and ...2010-01-18T00:00:00.0000000-00:00Early Day Motionhttp://collections.europarchive.org/ukparliament/20100423142105/http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/briefings/snia-05259.pdfOn 23 December 2009, the UN Security Council passed Resolution 1907, which imposes an arms embargo on Eritrea, and a travel freeze and asset ban on Eritrean individuals ...2009-12-30T00:00:00.0000000-00:00Standard Notehttp://collections.europarchive.org/ukparliament/20100423142105/http://edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/EDMDetails.aspx?EDMID=39749&Session=903That this House notes the Government's intention, as set out in the written Answer to the hon. Member for Aylesbury of 21 October 2009, Official Report, column 1516W, to ratify the ...2009-11-24T00:00:00.0000000-00:00Early Day Motionhttp://collections.europarchive.org/ukparliament/20100423142105/http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/briefings/snia-05182.pdfThe quest for peace in Sudan remains elusive. The very survival of the state is still uncertain. Nationwide elections are due to be held in Sudan in April 2010 and ...2009-11-04T00:00:00.0000000-00:00Standard Notehttp://collections.europarchive.org/ukparliament/20100423142105/http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/briefings/snia-04693.pdfThough many treaties have major implications for domestic law and policy, the UK Parliament currently has no formal role in the ratification of treaties, which is ...2009-09-25T00:00:00.0000000+01:00Standard Notehttp://collections.europarchive.org/ukparliament/20100423142105/http://edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/EDMDetails.aspx?EDMID=38651&Session=899That this House deplores the arrest and detention of Senator Stuart Syvret by the Jersey Police Force for alleged infractions of data protection laws; notes that the Senator was in ...2009-05-13T01:00:00.0000000+01:00Early Day Motionhttp://collections.europarchive.org/ukparliament/20100423142105/http://edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/EDMDetails.aspx?EDMID=38645&Session=899That this House is concerned that there are people in the UK who are suspected of committing crimes against humanity, war crimes or genocide; notes that, because of gaps in UK law, ...2009-05-12T01:00:00.0000000+01:00Early Day Motionhttp://collections.europarchive.org/ukparliament/20100423142105/http://edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/EDMDetails.aspx?EDMID=38645&Session=899That this House is concerned that there are people in the UK who are suspected of committing crimes against humanity, war crimes or genocide; notes that, because of gaps in UK law, ...2009-05-12T01:00:00.0000000+01:00Early Day Motionhttp://collections.europarchive.org/ukparliament/20100423142105/http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/rp2009/RP09-028.pdfThis short Bill is intended to amend two UK Acts to enable the Government to ratify two international agreements protecting military medical personnel and humanitarian ...2009-03-20T00:00:00.0000000-00:00Research Paperhttp://collections.europarchive.org/ukparliament/20100423142105/http://www.parliament.uk/documents/upload/HLL2009-01.pdfGeneva Conventions and United Nations Personnel (Protocols) Bill [HL]. House of Lords Library Note 2009/0012009-01-23T00:00:00.0000000-00:00Lords Library Notehttp://collections.europarchive.org/ukparliament/20100423142105/http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/rp2008/RP08-055.pdf2008-06-17T00:00:00.0000000+01:00Research Paperhttp://collections.europarchive.org/ukparliament/20100423142105/http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/rp2004/rp04-059.pdfIraq: legal issues at the handover. House of Commons Library Research Paper 04/59.2004-07-22T00:00:00.0000000+01:00Research Paperhttp://collections.europarchive.org/ukparliament/20100423142105/http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/rp2003/rp03-051.pdfIraq: law of occupation. House of Commons Library Research Paper 03/51.2003-06-02T00:00:00.0000000+01:00Research Paperhttp://collections.europarchive.org/ukparliament/20100423142105/http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/rp2003/RP03-022.pdfIraq: developments since UN Security Council Resolution 1441. House of Commons Library Research Paper 03/222003-03-13T00:00:00.0000000-00:00Research Paperhttp://collections.europarchive.org/ukparliament/20100423142105/http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/rp2002/rp02-064.pdf2002-11-21T00:00:00.0000000-00:00Research Paper