HC Deb 09 June 1980 vol 986 cc22-3W
Mr. Greville Janner

asked the Lord Privy Seal if he will raise at the United Nations Commission on Human Rights the giving of refuge to former President Amin in Saudi Arabia or elsewhere in Arab territory, in view of his complicity in the murder of Mrs. Dora Bloch, a British citizen.

Mr. Luce

Her Majesty's Government played a leading role in raising at the United Nations Commission on Human Rights the gross violations of human rights in Uganda under Amin. However, the primary purpose of the commission is to investigate violations of human rights by Governments rather than individual cases. We would therefore not consider the commission to be an appropriate forum for discussion of this particular question.