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RAPE IN SIERRA LEONE'S CIVIL WAR

EDM number 555 in 2002-03, proposed by Tony Colman on 22/01/2003.

That this House notes the Human Rights Watch report 'We'll Kill You if You Cry' and commends the organisation for revealing the extent of the problem of rape in contemporary civil wars; further notes that thousands of people were brutally raped in the 1991 to 2000 civil war in Sierra Leone; and believes that those military and rebel leaders who allowed rape to be used as a weapon of war should face prosecution for war crimes or crimes against humanity in the new Special Court fo War Crimes in Sierra Leone headed by Geoffrey Robertson and Bankole Thompson; and calls on Her Majesty's Government and other donors to ensure that the court has the funding to try alleged war criminals swiftly and justly and that rehabilitation services are made available to victims of rape and violence.

This motion has been signed by a total of 50 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Tony Colman22/01/2003PutneyLabourProposed
Win Griffiths23/01/2003BridgendLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley23/01/2003Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Diane Abbott23/01/2003Hackney North & Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
Andrew George23/01/2003St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
David Drew23/01/2003StroudLabour Co-operativeSigned
Terry Davis23/01/2003Birmingham, Hodge HillLabourSigned
Ann Cryer23/01/2003KeighleyLabourSigned
Mark Lazarowicz23/01/2003Edinburgh North & LeithLabour Co-operativeSigned
Alan Simpson23/01/2003Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Martin Smyth23/01/2003Belfast SouthUUPSigned
Eric Illsley23/01/2003Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Glenda Jackson23/01/2003Hampstead & HighgateLabourSigned
Lynne Jones23/01/2003Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Alan Meale23/01/2003MansfieldLabourSigned
Mohammad Sarwar27/01/2003Glasgow, GovanLabourSigned
Bob Spink27/01/2003Castle PointConservativeSigned
Lady Hermon27/01/2003North DownUUPSigned
Paul Holmes27/01/2003ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Alice Mahon27/01/2003HalifaxLabourSigned
Tom Cox27/01/2003TootingLabourSigned
Betty Williams27/01/2003ConwyLabourSigned
David Cairns28/01/2003Greenock & InverclydeLabourSigned
Hywel Williams28/01/2003CaernarfonPlaid CymruSigned
John Austin28/01/2003Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Hilton Dawson28/01/2003Lancaster & WyreLabourSigned
John McDonnell28/01/2003Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Joan Humble28/01/2003Blackpool North & FleetwoodLabourSigned
Syd Rapson28/01/2003Portsmouth NorthLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn28/01/2003Islington NorthLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd29/01/2003Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Rob Marris29/01/2003Wolverhampton South WestLabourSigned
Martin Caton29/01/2003GowerLabourSigned
Michael Clapham29/01/2003Barnsley West & PenistoneLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore30/01/2003HendonLabourSigned
Harold Best30/01/2003Leeds North WestLabourSigned
Jeff Ennis04/02/2003Barnsley East & MexboroughLabourSigned
Bill Etherington04/02/2003Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Martyn Jones05/02/2003Clwyd SouthLabourSigned
Mike Hancock05/02/2003Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Marsden05/02/2003Shrewsbury & AtchamLiberal DemocratSigned
Greg Pope06/02/2003HyndburnLabourSigned
Adrian Bailey06/02/2003West Bromwich WestLabour Co-operativeSigned
Janet Dean07/02/2003BurtonLabourSigned
Rudi Vis10/02/2003Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Pete Wishart10/02/2003North TaysideScottish National PartySigned
Nigel Jones12/02/2003CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Wayne David13/02/2003CaerphillyLabourSigned
Jim Knight24/02/2003South DorsetLabourSigned
Nick Harvey04/03/2003North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned

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