Allows people, groups or representative organisations to ask UK courts for a preliminary finding that genocide is being committed, has been committed, or that there is a serious risk of genocide. If a court makes such a finding, the Secretary of State would have to refer it to international bodies such as the International Court of Justice, International Criminal Court, United Nations Security Council or another competent UN body.
The Genocide Determination Bill [HL] was introduced in the House of Lords. It would allow UK courts to make preliminary determinations that genocide is occurring, has occurred, or that there is a serious risk of genocide, and require ministers to refer those determinations to relevant international courts or organisations.
The introduced text of the Genocide Determination Bill [HL] was published as HL Bill 13. The text sets out who can apply to court, how preliminary genocide determinations would work, and how the Secretary of State would have to refer such determinations to international courts or organisations.