§ Mrs. ClwydTo ask the Attorney-General whether he intends to take any action under sections 1 and 2 of the Geneva Conventions Act of 1957 in relation to Iraq's responsibilities under article 4 of the International Red Cross conventions of 1949; and if he will make a statement.
§ The Attorney-GeneralMinisters have stated on a number of occasions that Iraqis bear individual responsibility for grave breaches of the Geneva conventions of 1949. The question of a prosecution within the United Kingdom would arise in practice only if a person against whom sufficient evidence were available should be within the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom courts.