UK can take lead in averting mass atrocity crimes, MPs’ report says

Government urged to develop cross-Whitehall strategy to warn world of potential crimes against humanity

The UK can take a lead in trying to forecast and avert mass atrocity crimes, MPs suggest in a report published on Monday.

Calling on the government to develop a cross-Whitehall mass atrocity strategy, the international development select committee says Britain could deploy its diplomatic network to warn the world if conflicts are threatening to spill into greater crimes against humanity.