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Genocide Determination Bill [HL]
Genocide Determination Bill [HL] is currently listed at Committee stage in the House of Lords.
Current position
- Latest completed stage
- 2nd reading17 Jul 2026
- Next stage
- Committee stage
- House
- House of Lords
- Bill type
- Private Members' Bill (Starting in the House of Lords)
- Last updated
- 21 Jul 2026
- Proposer / sponsor
- Lord Alton of Liverpool Proposer / sponsor · Crossbench · House of Lords Prepared for future MP profile links
What this bill is about
The Genocide Determination Bill [HL] is a Private Members’ Bill that would require (or seek to require) the High Court and the Court of Session in Scotland to make preliminary decisions about whether genocide, or a serious risk of genocide, exists under the UN Genocide Convention. It would also seek to provide for passing those determinations to relevant international courts or organisations and for responses to reports of genocide, plus related matters.
What it would do
- Would seek to have the High Court (England and Wales and Northern Ireland) and the Court of Session (Scotland) make preliminary genocide determinations.
- Would seek to cover both genocide and a serious risk of genocide under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.
- Would seek to provide for referring such determinations to relevant international courts or organisations.
- Would seek to provide for responses to reports on genocide, with connected provisions.
Bill journey
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1st reading 4 Jun 2026 · House of Lords
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2nd reading 17 Jul 2026 · House of Lords
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