UK Government to Improve Genocide Monitoring Regime as Lords Bill Passes 2nd Reading

The government has pledged to improve its genocide monitoring mechanism as the Genocide (Prevention and Response) Bill was read a second time on Friday. The private member’s bill, inspired by the United States’ genocide prevention frameworks such as the Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act, seeks to establish a statutory genocide monitoring team within the government. In September 2022, the Foreign Office launched a three-person Mass Atrocity Prevention Hub in its Conflict and Atrocity Prevention Department. Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws, KC, director of the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute, who introduced the bill, said she’s seeking to provide a statutory basis to the team, which is “not being adequately supported.”...