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Accountability for Daesh Crimes
15 May 2025
Lead MP
Tom Gordon
Harrogate and Knaresborough
LD
Responding Minister
Not recorded
Tags
Foreign Affairs
Word Count: 1587
Other Contributors: 2
At a Glance
Tom Gordon raised concerns about accountability for daesh crimes in Westminster Hall. Response awaited from government.
Key Requests to Government:
The report calls for a reset in the UK's approach to investigating and prosecuting international crimes, amending legislation to enshrine universal jurisdiction for those crimes in UK law, greater oversight of citizenship deprivation powers, and addressing the humanitarian crisis affecting British citizens detained in camps in Syria.
How the Debate Unfolded
MPs spoke in turn to share their views and ask questions. Here's what each person said:
Lead Contributor
Between 2014 and 2017, Daesh waged a campaign of brutal violence against ethnic and religious minorities in Syria and Iraq. Despite the UK formally recognising Daesh’s genocide against Yazidis in 2023, no individuals have been prosecuted for international crimes like genocide in the UK. Other countries such as Germany have successfully prosecuted Daish perpetrators.
Jim Shannon
DUP
Strangford
Asked if every effort has been made to collate evidence and pursue perpetrators of Yazidi women's rape and murder.
Honiton and Sidmouth
Asked whether the Joint Committee considered the case of Shamima Begum, who left at age 15 to join Daesh.
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