UK Government to Improve Genocide Monitoring Regime as Lords Bill Passes 2nd Reading

A Foreign Office minister said the government agrees with much of Baroness Kennedy’s bill, and will discuss how to take the proposals forward.

Helena Kennedy, Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws, speaks on genocide amendment in the House of Lords in London on March 23, 2021. Parliamentlive TV/Screenshot

The government has pledged to improve its genocide monitoring mechanism as the Genocide (Prevention and Response) Bill was read a second time on Friday.

The private member’s bill, inspired by the United States’ genocide prevention frameworks such as the Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act, seeks to establish a statutory genocide monitoring team within the government.