UK Lord Alton on genocide determination | Private Members’ Bills

Source: United Kingdom UK House of Lords (video statements)

Lord Alton of Liverpool is putting forward a new piece of legislation, the Genocide Determination Bill, to allow for determinations of genocide under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. We asked him why he campaigns on this issue.

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