United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 36805
Sri Lanka: Sanctions
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20 July 2021
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28 July 2021 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to apply sanctions against (a) General Shavendra Silva and (b) other officials in Sri Lanka accused of committing human rights abuses in that country.
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20 July 2021
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to apply sanctions against (a) General Shavendra Silva and (b) other officials in Sri Lanka accused of committing human rights abuses in that country.
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28 July 2021
Answer
Sanctions are one response among a number of diplomatic tools we can deploy around the world as part of a broader political strategy in order to change or send a political signal regarding particular behaviours. The Global Human Rights Sanctions regime gi...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-07-20/36805
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1348777
- uk · wq-1348777 · source updated 28 July 2021