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International War Crimes Tribunal

Volume 330: debated on Monday 26 April 1999

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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on his policy on the public release of intelligence reports on atrocities committed by foreign Governments; and if information provided to the International War Crimes Tribunal in the Hague will be released to Parliament. [81942]

It is not the Government's practice to publish intelligence material. Given the exceptional circumstances in Kosovo, the decision was made to release classified information to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, in order to assist the investigation. It would not be appropriate to make this classified information more widely available.