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Lord David Alton

David Patrick Paul Alton, Baron Alton of Liverpool, KCSG, KCMCO is a British politician. He is a former Liberal Party and later Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament who has sat as a crossbench member of the House of Lords since 1997 when he was made a life peer.

    UK Parliament

    No long-term peace in Sudan without justice for the victims of the genocide

    Lord Collins, the new FCDO Minister has had a long-standing commitment to the people of Africa, and he will bring expertise and humanity to the many challenges he now faces – the most urgent of which is the catastrophic war in Sudan.

    by Lord David Alton
    October 2, 2024
    UK Parliament

    Labour’s plan to tax independent schools ignores the welfare of the children who will be most terribly affected

    The debate around the taxation of Independent Schools all too often produces an argument centred on the money the Government hopes to raise from imposing VAT. Those in favour argue that it could raise up to £1.5 billion, while others dismiss this

    by Lord David Alton
    September 10, 2024
    UK Parliament

    The new Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Secretary needs to reflect on his past mistakes in failing to push China to reform its’ human rights – by Lord Alton

    The 9th and 10th December will mark the 75th anniversaries of the convention on the crime of genocide and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Along with the creation of the United Nations, this was architecture for the rule of law and

    by Lord David Alton
    November 22, 2023
    UK Parliament

    2000 escapees from North Korea facing imminent repatriation from China, by Lord David Alton

    With 2000 refugees – escapees from North Korea – facing imminent repatriation from China, I have been meeting three brave escapees who have found freedom and made new lives in South Korea. Their stories are instructive, salutary and timely. As we met

    by Lord David Alton
    September 17, 2023
    UK Parliament

    The Government is still not doing enough to protect the human rights overseas or challenge the regimes responsible for abuses – by Lord Alton

    This year is the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the 75th anniversary of the Genocide Convention. Today is World Press Freedom Day. It makes this debate particularly timely.   I will concentrate on China, including Hong Kong; North Korea;

    by Lord David Alton
    May 4, 2023
    Middle East

    All of us who love of Sudan and its people want an absolute end to the man-made violence which disfigures that wonderful country, By Lord Alton

    There is poignant African proverb of the Kikuyu people that “When the elephants fight, the grass gets trampled.’ Few places illustrate the power of that proverb better than Sudan, it being axiomatic that when powerful forces go to war, it’s their people

    by Lord David Alton
    April 28, 2023
    Europe

    How Can We Address Putin’s Crime of Aggression? Asks Lord Alton

    The recent indictments by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova offer a potential glimmer of hope that the horrendous atrocities perpetrated by Putin and his comrades will result in justice and accountability – and this at the

    by Lord David Alton
    April 6, 2023
    UK Parliament

    The UK must get serious about dealing with China and develop a clear policy, says Lord Alton

     Westminster, (Parliament Politics Magazine) – During a debate initiated by the Bishop of St. Albans the House of Lords has examined China’s policy and human rights violations.  Among other things, we challenged the Government to explain away the £770,000 it is spending

    by Lord David Alton
    November 25, 2022
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    Tribute to Queen Elizabeth II – By Lord Alton

    London, (Parliament Politics Magazine)- In 1947, during a tour of South Africa, on her 21st birthday the young Princess Elizabeth made a speech that would define her 70 years as monarch. Her promise that “my whole life whether it be long or short shall

    by Lord David Alton
    September 13, 2022
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    We Need To Reform Our Approach To Genocide, And We Need It Now 

    London, ( Parliament Politice Magazine ) – The valiant attempts of the Jewish lawyer, Raphael Lemkin, both to give the ultimate atrocity crimes a name and to craft an internationally agreed instrument to prevent such crimes from endlessly recurring, gave birth to

    by Lord David Alton
    June 21, 2022

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