Our Chair @SarahChampionMP has written to the International Development Minister demanding a response to shocking evidence provided to the Committee concerning mass atrocities in Sudan.
Read more: committees.parliament.uk/committee/98/i…
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- In our session on the UK's conflict and atrocity prevention work, we questioned International Development Minister Baroness @JennyChapman. She admitted that some of the FDCO’s work to prevent atrocities feels “ineffective” on the ground.
00:00 - In our session, Nathaniel Raymond, war crimes investigator and humanitarian aid worker, @YaleSPH, told us the UK government chose preserving relations with UAE over calling out atrocities in Sudan. Hear what he had to say.
00:00Read his written evidence: committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidenc… - Our Chair @SarahChampionMP has written to the Foreign Secretary to call on government to finally set out its assessment of the International Court of Justice's Advisory Opinion on Israel's actions in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Read more: committees.parliament.uk/committee/98/i…
- We're examining @FCDOGovUK 's approach to higher education and research partnerships, and we want to hear from you. If you studied on a UK Government-funded scholarship or led funded research, we welcome your views by Sunday 28 June forms.office.com/e/C1X8bRnjkc
- Chair @SarahChampionMP has written to the Home Secretary urging her to amend the National Security (State Threats) Bill amid concern over the "unintended consequences" for humanitarian organisations. Read more: committees.parliament.uk/committee/98/i…
- Our Chair @SarahChampionMP welcomes a new report by the @NAOorguk looking into how the @FCDOGovUK responds to sudden-onset humanitarian crises. Read more: committees.parliament.uk/committee/98/i…
- In our session on the situation in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, we heard from Allegra Pacheco, Chief of Party at the West Bank Protection Consortium. She spoke about the attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank and their vulnerability.
00:00 - Chair @SarahChampionMP has responded to the Foreign Secretary’s announcement of sanctions, co-ordinated with international partners, targeting individuals and entities involved in financing and enabling settler violence in the occupied West Bank.
- On the subject of the UK's International Climate Finance, Dharshan Wignarajah, Director at @climatepolicy, told us that the timing of government action is "mission critical" to unlock greater investment to tackle climate change.
00:00 - In our session Silvia Carolina Herrera Hernandez, Coffee Producer and Secretary of the Board of Directors at @CLACFairtrade, spoke about the need for further funding to support smallholder farmers and the people they employ to tackle poverty, and the impact of climate change.
00:00 - Our Chair @SarahChampionMP wrote to the Foreign Secretary at the @FCDOGovUK, seeking reassurance that Official Development Assistance will be maintained at 0.3%. The response did not fill the Committee with confidence. Read more: committees.parliament.uk/committee/98/i…
- The International Development Committee and the @CPA_UK welcomed the South African delegation to the Global Partnership Conference in Parliament, a great opportunity to create global connections to end to extreme poverty. Read our recent report: committees.parliament.uk/publications/5…
