HL Deb 09 July 1996 vol 574 cc9-10WA
Lord Hylton

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will list: (a) countries where the United Nations Agencies and Special Rapporteurs have in the last five years found evidence of consistent and widespread use of torture or extra-judicial killing; (b) countries which have failed to invite or denied access to the Special Rapporteurs already mentioned during the last five years.

Baroness Chalker of Wallasey

This assessment could only be provided at disproportionate cost. Reports of the UN Special Rapporteurs on Torture and Summary, Arbitrary or Extra-judicial Executions, which contain governments' replies to allegations and requests to visit, are routinely made available in the Library of the House.