Select Committee · Human Rights (Joint Committee)
Government's policy on use of drones for targeted killing
Status: Closed
Opened: 29 Oct 2015
Closed: 29 Oct 2015
1 report
The Government has not published any formulated policy on the use of drones for targeted killing. As a result there is a lack of clarity about the policy; about whether and how the legal frameworks of international humanitarian law, international human rights law and ordinary criminal law apply; and about the relevant legal tests and …
Reports
| Title | HC No. | Published | Items | Response |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd Report - The Government's policy on the use of drones f… | HC 574 | 10 May 2016 | 0 | — |
Oral evidence sessions
Correspondence
| Date | Direction | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 4 Feb 2016 | To cttee | Letter from Michael McNamara, Acting Chairman, Committee on Legal Affairs and H… |
| 21 Jan 2016 | To cttee | Letter from Rt Hon Dominic Grieve QC MP, Chair, Intelligence and Security Commi… |
| 16 Dec 2015 | To cttee | Letter from Rt Hon Michael Fallon MP, Secretary of State for Defence, 11Decembe… |
| 10 Dec 2015 | To cttee | Letter from Rt Hon Andrew Tyrie MP, Chairman, Liaison Committee, 4 December 2015 |
| 9 Dec 2015 | From cttee | Letter to the Chair from Rt Hon Michael Fallon MP, Secretary of State for Defen… |
| 9 Dec 2015 | — | Memorandum from the Ministry of Defence, 3 December 2015 |
| 9 Dec 2015 | — | Lette from the Chair, to Rt Hon Michael Fallon MP, Secretary of State for Defen… |
| 1 Dec 2015 | From cttee | Letter to Andrew Tyrie MP, Chair, Liaison Committee, 1 December 2015 |
| 30 Nov 2015 | From cttee | Letter to Defence Secretary, 30 November 2015 |
| 26 Nov 2015 | From cttee | Letter to the Attorney-General, 17 November 2015 |
| 19 Nov 2015 | From cttee | Letter to Rt Hon Michael Fallon MP, Secretary of State for Defence, from Leigh … |
| 19 Nov 2015 | To cttee | Letter from Government Legal Department to Leigh Day, 23 October 2015 |
| 19 Nov 2015 | To cttee | Letter from Rt Hon David Davis MP, Chair, All Party Parliamentary Group on Dron… |
| 5 Nov 2015 | From cttee | Letter to the Attorney-General, the Secretary of State for Defence and the Fore… |