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Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 17 October (HL10414) which stated that they were looking at the “option of an ad hoc tribunal” relating to crimes under international law committed in Burma, what assessment they have made of the consistency between this Answer and previous Written Answers by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 15 October (HL10370, HL10371, HL10372, and HL10373) which stated that judgments on war crimes and genocide were “a matter for judicial decision” rather than for governments or non-judicial bodies; and what powers would be given to any ad hoc tribunal in order to enable it to function as a judicial body.  HL10754

Question HL10754: tabled on 17 October 2018 and due for answer by 31 October 2018

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Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 17 October (HL10414) which stated that they were looking at the “option of an ad hoc tribunal” relating to crimes under international law committed in Burma, what assessment they have made of the consistency between this Answer and previous Written Answers by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 15 October (HL10370, HL10371, HL10372, and HL10373) which stated that judgments on war crimes and genocide were “a matter for judicial decision” rather than for governments or non-judicial bodies; and what powers would be given to any ad hoc tribunal in order to enable it to function as a judicial body.  HL10754
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