PRISONERS IN AFGHANISTAN

Summary

That this House notes that prisoners of war are entitled to the protection of the Geneva Convention; calls on the Government to support an international inquiry about reported events at Mazar-e-Sharif during which serious abuses of international humanitarian law may have been committed; supports an international inquiry called for by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch; and further notes that allegations regarding massacres and serious ill-treatment of prisoners continue to emerge from Afghanistan, despite repeated reminders to all parties of their obligations under international humanitarian law.

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1. 13 December 2001

   Early Day Motion

   That this House notes that prisoners of war are entitled to the protection of the Geneva Convention; calls on the Government to support an international inquiry about reported events at Mazar-e-Sharif during which serious abuses of international humanitarian law may have been committed; supports an international inquiry called for by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch; and further notes that allegations regarding massacres and serious ill-treatment of prisoners continue to emerge from Afghanistan, despite repeated reminders to all parties of their obligations under international humanitarian law.

   Source: Early Day Motion

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• Ann Clwyd · Labour · Primary sponsor

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