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1041193

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2019
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Armed Conflict: Sexual Offences
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which Government department leads on the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	uin	HL12775
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>The Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative (PSVI) is a Foreign and Commonwealth Office lead. The Foreign Secretary continues to represent the PSVI at the Cabinet, while I, as the Prime Minister's Special Representative on Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict, lead work across government, internationally with key partners including the UN, Commonwealth and civil society organisations.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 28/01/2019 15:48:10 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns

825255

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2018
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Armed Conflict: Sexual Offences
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which countries are currently designated as Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative Champions alongside the UK; and which minister is the designated champion in each country.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	uin	HL4789
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>There are currently 19 Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative Champion countries: Australia, Canada, Croatia, Denmark, France, Germany, Guatemala, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Liberia, Mexico, the Republic of Korea, Senegal, Sweden, Timor-Leste, the United Arab Emirates and the US. It is not possible to provide a comprehensive list of named champions. Not all Champion countries have a designated named Champion because the work is often incorporated into broader gender-focused policy across a number of different departments.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 25/01/2018 16:34:27 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns

825257

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2018
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Armed Conflict: Sexual Offences
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what meetings have been held by representatives of the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative Champion countries in 2017; what were the objectives of such meetings; what topics were discussed; and what was the outcome of those discussions.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	uin	HL4790
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>A single meeting with all Champion countries was not possible in 2017. We are reviewing the possibility of staging such a meeting, particularly with a view to preparing for the international meeting which we will host in 2019. I have raised the PSVI in meetings with ministers and other representatives of both Champion and other countries, and in relevant international organisations.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 25/01/2018 16:35:15 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns

771229

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2017
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Armed Conflict: Sexual Offences
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many times the UK team of experts on preventing sexual violence in conflict has been deployed over the last year; to which countries were they deployed; and what was the outcome in each country.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Helic
	uin	HL2030
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2017 answer text <p>Over the past 12 months, members of the PSVI Team of Experts (ToE) have been deployed 20 times to 10 countries. <br> <br>Achievements include the training of Malaysian peacekeepers on preventing and responding to conflict-related sexual violence and sexual exploitation and abuse. This work was praised by the Malaysian Peacekeeping Centre and is planned to be repeated in Vietnam. Both countries deploy to peacekeeping missions including Afghanistan and South Sudan. In addition, members of the ToE have supported a joint UN/UK workshop in Bosnia to launch the Principles for Global Action on preventing and addressing stigma associated with conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV). The team of experts have also trained UK armed forces on preventing and responding to CRSV</p><p><br>A scoping mission on capacity to document and investigate CRSV in Daesh–held territory has been completed by a member of the ToE with a view to training Iraqi actors on the use of the International Protocol (IP), on the documentation and Investigation of Sexual Violence in Conflict. Members of the ToE have also delivered IP training in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Uganda, Rwanda, Colombia and to Syrian human rights activists based in Turkey. A member of the ToE also co-wrote the revised IP released in March this year.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 25/10/2017 15:44:18 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	4331 label Biography information for Baroness Helic

771231

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2017
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Armed Conflict: Sexual Offences
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the UK's goals for the 2019 meeting to review commitments made at the 2014 Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Helic
	uin	HL2032
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2017 answer text <p>We are consulting key stakeholders and donors engaged on preventing sexual violence in conflict, including the UN. We are seeking their views on how best to use the 2019 international meeting to maintain the momentum established at the 2014 Global Summit, assess progress achieved since then, and agree areas for further action. We see the event as a platform to allow the voice of the survivors of sexual violence, their families and communities to be heard and for their needs to be at the centre of any international response. We want to ensure that commitments are delivered, including through using UK-funded tools such as the Principles for Global Action and the International Protocol on the documentation and investigation of sexual violence in conflict, through new research, and through a more collaborative approach by the international community.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 25/10/2017 15:43:12 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	4331 label Biography information for Baroness Helic

772421

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2017
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Armed Conflict: Sexual Offences
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what support they are providing to (1) Somalia, and (2) the Democratic Republic of Congo, in the implementation of initiatives to prevent sexual violence in conflict.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Helic
	uin	HL2114
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2017 answer text <p>Responding to the needs of women and girls is a priority of the UK's engagement in Somalia. We are supporting the Ministry of Women and Human Rights Development to develop the institutional and legal framework required to address sexual violence. We are also working with the Somali Government and the African Union Mission to Somalia to ensure that police and security forces reflect women's priorities and are able to respond effectively to sexual and gender-based violence. Within communities we engage with men and women to challenge discriminatory social norms, support women's participation in political and peacebuilding processes and build the capacity of service providers to respond to sexual and gender-based violence.</p><p>We continue to lobby the authorities of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to take action to prevent sexual violence in conflict and welcome progress to date. We are concerned by continued accusations that DRC military forces (FARDC) are themselves perpetrators of sexual violence and call on the government to do more to prevent this, including holding perpetrators accountable. We continue to provide funding to organisations working to support victims and increase access to justice, including TRIAL International, Case Matrix Network (CMN), World Vision, Women's Initiatives for Gender Justice (WIGJ) and Unione Internazionale Superiore Generali (UIS).</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 31/10/2017 17:04:20 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	4331 label Biography information for Baroness Helic

838066

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2018
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Armed Conflict: Sexual Offences
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which British embassies currently have active projects under the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative; and whether they will detail what those projects entail.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Helic
	uin	HL5414
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) posts are delivering the following activity (broken down by country) under the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative (PSVI) in this financial year, using (a) policy programme funds from the FCO core budget:</p><table><tbody><tr><th>Post</th><th>Activity Detail</th></tr><tr><td><p>Afghanistan</p></td><td><p>Tackling and reducing Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV), tackling stigma against survivors, advancing women’s rights</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bosnia and Herzegovina</p></td><td><p>Increasing access to justice, care, empowerment and reparations for survivors</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burma</p></td><td><p>Increasing awareness of women’s rights and how to investigate and document sexual violence in accordance with the International Protocol, increasing access to health and psychosocial support and security services for survivors of sexual and domestic violence</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central African Republic</p></td><td><p>Training judiciary/legal professionals to enhance their knowledge and understanding of PSVI, giving practical support to the Office of the Attorney General to develop specialised investigation capacity for sexual violence crimes</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Colombia</p></td><td><p>Tackling stigma, empowering victims, national work with journalists/media to transform attitudes towards gender-based violence and reduce stigma for victims of sexual violence</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Democratic Republic of Congo</p></td><td><p>Supporting public outreach events and media communications to counter sexual violence, building local capacity for criminal accountability and victim support</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Iraq</p></td><td><p>Training to increase understanding of the impact of SGBV in conflict on society as a whole, supporting capacity and action plans of human rights working groups established by the Embassy focused on PSVI, economy and education aimed at assisting empowerment of women</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kosovo</p></td><td><p>Psychological and social support for survivors, justice and reparation programs; training for stakeholders; awareness campaign to change attitudes and behaviours; supporting the process of documentation and investigation of sexual violence during conflict</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rwanda/Burundi</p></td><td><p>Greater domestic and international awareness of sexual violence in Burundi, increasing access to justice for survivors of sexual violence</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Syria</p></td><td><p>Raising awareness of sexual violence, facilitating psychosocial support and medical services for survivors, facilitating measures to document, report and store data related to sexual violence</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>and (b) the cross-Government Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) (the following projects supporting the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative, implemented as part of wider work on Gender, Peace and Security)</p><table><tbody><tr><th>Post</th><th>Activity Detail</th></tr><tr><td><p>Azerbaijan</p></td><td><p>Strengthen women’s security</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Libya</p></td><td><p>Capacity building to civil society organisations working on women's issues</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nigeria</p></td><td><p>Reintegration of Survivors of sexual violence</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Somalia</p></td><td><p>Supporting victims of sexual violence</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Sudan</p></td><td><p>Preventing violence and building safer communities</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Syria</p></td><td><p>Community-based approach to tackling sexual and gender based violence</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ukraine</p></td><td><p>Integrated response to end gender-based violence</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wider Eastern Europe/Central Asia Region</p></td><td><p>Strengthening national gender-based violence prevention</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wider Middle East and North Africa Region</p></td><td><p>Human rights and conflict prevention in particular PSVI, core support to the UN Action for Preventing Sexual Violence and to the UN Special Representative of the Secretary General on Sexual Violence in Conflict’s Team of Experts</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 20/02/2018 17:02:36 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	4331 label Biography information for Baroness Helic

850561

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2018
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Armed Conflict: Sexual Offences
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 20 February (HL5414), in which countries the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative projects listed included the gathering of evidence to support future prosecutions.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Helic
	uin	HL5905
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2018 answer text <p>The UK Government is funding projects to build capacity for evidence gathering using the International Protocol on the Documentation and Investigation of Sexual Violence in Conflict, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burma, Burundi, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Iraq, Kosovo, Rwanda, Somalia, Syria and Ukraine. Our projects are not designed to gather evidence themselves.</p><p>In addition to the projects listed in HL5414, the PSVI Team of Experts has been deployed 20 times to 10 countries, including Iraq, Syria, Colombia, Uganda, Sri Lanka, in the past 12 months to provide capacity building on the gathering of evidence in line with the International Protocol. Further deployments to Bangladesh will take place later this month.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 09/03/2018 11:26:54 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	4331 label Biography information for Baroness Helic

886893

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2018
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Armed Conflict: Sexual Offences
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether it is their policy to include sexual violence in the designation criteria for UN sanctions, as recommended in the report of the UN Secretary-General on conflict-related sexual violence published on 23 March; and what representations ministers will make to the UN Security Council in this regard.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Helic
	uin	HL7054
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>The UK has pushed for strong language on sexual and gender based violence in recent UN resolutions. Where appropriate, we will seek to include sexual and gender based violence in sanctions designation criteria more widely. The designation criteria for sanctions regimes are specific to each circumstance and situation. Where there is widespread and/or systematic cases of sexual and gender based violence, sanctions designation criterion can be used to address its perpetrators. Examples of such are found in UN sanctions regimes in the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan. Preventing sexual violence, plays a critical part in achieving peace, stability and security in any country and it is vital that we continue explore the use of sanctions to achieve this goal. Ministers will continue to engage with the UN Security Council on this issue and will make efforts to ensure that it remains a high priority.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 01/05/2018 11:40:57 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	4331 label Biography information for Baroness Helic

886895

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2018
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Armed Conflict: Sexual Offences
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what contribution the UK made in the last financial year to (1) UN programming on combating sexual and gender based violence, (2) the Team of Experts on the Rule of Law and Sexual Violence in Conflict, and (3) the United Nations Action against Sexual Violence in Conflict network; and what assessment they have made of report by the UN Secretary General on conflict-related sexual violence published on 23 March and of his recommendation to member states to ensure sustainable and regular funding for these efforts.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Helic
	uin	HL7055
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2018 answer text <p>In financial year 2017-18, the UK contributed £1.26 million to UN programming to combat conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV). This included £480,000 to the Team of Experts on the Rule of Law and Sexual Violence in Conflict and £600,000 to UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights as part of ongoing multi-year commitments. In addition, the UK provided £528,000 to the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) to support a range of activities and military training on gender issues, including CRSV. The UN Action against Sexual Violence in Conflict network (UN Action) has not been one of the recipients of UK funding on PSVI for financial years 2017/18 and 18/19. We continue to review our choice of implementers and have regular discussions with UN Action.</p><p> </p><p>The UK welcomes the UN Secretary-General’s comprehensive report on CRSV and endorses his recommendation on sustainable and regular funding to tackle CRSV. The UK is already working with the UN to ensure many of the issues covered in his report feature prominently at the UK-hosted international meeting in 2019.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 03/05/2018 15:51:38 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	4331 label Biography information for Baroness Helic