HL Deb 18 February 1997 vol 578 c39WA
Lord Hylton

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they have studied the joint Palestinian-Israeli report of December 1996, Human Rights in the Occupied Territories since the Oslo Accords, and what conclusions they have drawn from it.

Baroness Chalker of Wallasey

With our EU partners, the UK closely scrutinises human rights developments in Israel and the Occupied Territories. We have noted the contents of B'Tselem's report, which confirms that there are disturbing deficiencies in both the Israeli and Palestinian authorities' respect for human rights. Since the report was published, we have pressed both sides on their human rights records.