Linked Data API

Show Search Form

Search Results

792899
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2017-11-21more like thismore than 2017-11-21
answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept id 16 more like this
answering dept short name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept sort name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
hansard heading Cameroon: Human Rights more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the call by UN human rights independent experts on 17 November for the government of Cameroon to “ensure a thorough, impartial and independent investigation into all allegations of human rights violations”, killings, and arrests perpetrated since 1 October in the country’s Anglophone regions; and whether they intend to make representations to that government to conduct such an investigation. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Alton of Liverpool more like this
uin HL3423 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-12-05more like thismore than 2017-12-05
answer text <p>The High Commissioner in Yaoundé has been following events in the Anglophone regions closely and has actively raised the need for dialogue and restraint with the Cameroonian authorities, including their obligations under international law in respect to human rights. We continue to call for restraint, for all parties to reject violence, pursue dialogue and urgently take action to reduce tensions.</p><p>We encourage the Government of Cameroon to accept the United Nation's offer of help to support dialogue with the Anglophone community.</p> more like this
answering member printed Baroness Goldie more like this
question first answered
remove filter
answering member
4306
label Biography information for Baroness Goldie remove filter
tabling member
738
label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool more like this