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Eric Joyce MP, Chair
WELCOME to the website of The UK All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Great Lakes Region of Africa. This is a political website, but not party political: we are all passionate about the development of a region so vital to the future of Africa. The point of politics isn’t to get elected for its own sake – it’s to drive and influence change for the better. Most people agree that the government is doing a pretty good job on development, but people across the spectrum feel equally strongly about the desperate need for progress in the Great Lakes region. There’s a lot all of us can do to keep pressing for more resources and more development assistance - something that starts with raising awareness of the region as widely as possible in the UK. We try to do that by producing our own reports on the region, by convening working groups like the one below on corporate responsibility, by flagging up latest developments and reports, by lobbying ministers to help effect change.
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Children Affected by Armed Conflict in the Great Lakes Region |
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Written by Administrator
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Wednesday, 01 July 2009 16:13 |
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6 July 2009, 14.00-15.30 In collaboration with War Child, Save the Children, Invisible Children and The Coalition of Stop the Use of Child Soldiers, the APPG will host a meeting on children affected by armed conflict in the Great Lakes Region of Africa. This meeting will focus on UK policy on child protection issues in Uganda, DRC, and Rwanda. This is an opportunity to discuss policy concerning children affected by armed conflict in the region. For more information or to RSVP contact
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APPG calls for urgent action to prevent UK being a safe haven for war criminals |
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Written by Administrator
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Tuesday, 14 April 2009 16:56 |
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The All Party Parliamentary Group on the Great Lakes Region of Africa (APPG) is calling for a strengthening of UK legislation after a high court judgment raised the prospect of suspected genocidaires walking free in the UK. The April 8 High Court ruling blocked the extradition of four men suspected of involvement in the 1994 Rwandan genocide - one day after the 15th anniverasary of the start of the massacres was commemorated around the world. With the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda no longer accepting cases, the ruling means the four men are unlikely to face trial. |
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 14 April 2009 17:24 |
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Proposed changes to genocide prosecution legislation |
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Written by Administrator
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Friday, 22 May 2009 10:57 |
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The APPG, along with the Aegis Trust and parliamentary colleagues, have been working for some months to strengthen UK legislation on genocide. As the law currently stands, if a war crime, crime against humanity of crime of genocide took place outside the UK before the International Criminal Court Act came into force, suspects cannot be tried in English courts. There is also a requirement that suspects be resident in the UK, rather than just physically present. Essentially, where those suspected of some of the most heinous crimes in international law cannot be deported to face trial overseas, they wil be allowed to go free in the UK without facing justice. |
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Last Updated on Friday, 22 May 2009 14:50 |
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Sexual violence report published |
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Written by Administrator
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Tuesday, 13 January 2009 09:33 |
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The problem of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo is well documented, and by any standards horrendous. Concerted action to counter it is clearly needed. Many different factors play a role in the perpetuation of the crisis, including on the broadest level the ongoing insecurity in the east and the need to develop a more properly functioning Congolese state. But for many observers, the core underlying issue is one of impunity. Without the ability to hold perpetrators to account and assert the rule of law, sexual violence will continue even if fighting does not. Achieving these aims is to a good degree a matter of developing and reforming the institutions of the justice and security sectors, but to do so will require considerable political will and a coordinated effort on all sides.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 13 January 2009 10:06 |
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