United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 7692
Diplomatic Service: War Crimes
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30 October 2019
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4 November 2019 · Answer
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4 November 2019
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department takes steps to ensure that the credentials of foreign diplomats posted to the UK do not have military records linking those diplomats to suspected war crimes.
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30 October 2019
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department takes steps to ensure that the credentials of foreign diplomats posted to the UK do not have military records linking those diplomats to suspected war crimes.
Source: Commons
4 November 2019
Answer
Diplomatic agents, Administrative and Technical (A&T) and service staff posted to foreign diplomatic missions in the UK are appointed freely by sending States in line with Article 7 of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations (VCDR). Heads of Mis...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2019-10-30/7692
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1167390
- uk · wq-1167390 · source updated 4 November 2019